Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 2:40 AM AKST (11:40 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 2:40 AM AKST
UTC: 2020-12-09 11:40:48 UTC
Depth: 32.6 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.429° N, 150.066° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 3
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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.029 · 154 stations

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 136

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 181 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 198.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020ft3ntsx (also filed as us7000cpfa). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.