Alaska earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 221 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 221 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 2:20 AM AKST (11:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 203 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.9 (mb), minor
Local time: Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 2:20 AM AKST
UTC: 2020-11-13 11:20:35 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.347° N, 160.480° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 176°
Stations used: 110

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast221 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 77.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cedq (also filed as ak020em3kir1, ak020em3khzc). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.