M2.8 earthquake 249 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 249 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska on Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 11:09 AM AKDT (19:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 202 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-12 19:09:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.963° N, 157.229° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
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How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 since this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 2.8254 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 10 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.3253 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.3263 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 11 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.5184 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 18 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1194 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 22 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8184 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 24 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2196 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 32 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000th2v (also filed as aka2026scpwzn). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.