Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 12:01 AM AKDT (08:01 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 140 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 12:01 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-07-26 08:01:19 UTC
Depth: 17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.984° N, 158.468° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.5 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 256°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast135 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b8in (also filed as ak0209k4jwn6). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.