Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:47 PM AKST (00:47 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 114 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:47 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-01-22 00:47:01 UTC
Depth: 31.8 km (19.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.004° N, 157.638° 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.

Stations used: 16

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast186 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02110e3pnu (also filed as us6000deb6). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.