M2.7 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 5:16 AM AKST (14:16 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.037 · 98 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0232rgodeo (also filed as us7000jgk2). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.