Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 7, 2020, 2:36 PM HAST (00:36 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-08 00:36:19 UTC
Depth
26.3 km (16.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.243° N, 178.971° 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.

Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.9202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.2158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.789 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.2201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 248 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.1188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.4235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 3.0115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.0211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 3.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.7162 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.5135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 211 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.791 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.0216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.9259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.5136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 138 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 1.7149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 1.7149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.898 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2381 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 2.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.6177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.8220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.6147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 1.9120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.9102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 3.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 3.3242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 3.5116 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2377 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 197 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 3.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 2.2226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.0148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.2234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.4235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.8186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.5235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.8109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.8129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.6132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 5.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.5239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02034grcut. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC.