Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 238 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 238 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 10:58 PM AKDT (06:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 200 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-26 06:58:52 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.780° N, 157.971° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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 3.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
238°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4208 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.2225 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.8264 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.7224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.9180 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 3.2155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.2151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.2149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.2209 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 3.1158 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.2149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.9165 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.7161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.8169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.0176 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.8150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.3242 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 3.0161 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.7165 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.6159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.9159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 4.5200 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.8243 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.6170 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.8161 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.1266 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 3.9219 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.1191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c6am (also filed as ak020cen0unm). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC.