Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 27, 2020, 5:08 PM GMT-12 (05:08 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-28 05:08:43 UTC
Depth
15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.122° N, 179.967° 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
21

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.4225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.5242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.9167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.1258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.5260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.9255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.2233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.9260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.1153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.8228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.0205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.7280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.5238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 94 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.5242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.8264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 3.2292 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.5186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.9245 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.0260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.8166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 5.1185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 5.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away · tsunami flag
  35. 2.5190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 3.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.5190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.9191 km SW of Adak, AK · 2294 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.2295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.6151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.6237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 2.3196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 3.3293 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.6159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 1.7205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.8155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.8190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 1.8258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 1.5188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 173 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.0259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 137 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 1.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 3.6224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.7272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 1.5148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 112.

Before

  1. 1.9173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.5247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.7178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.8150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.2196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.3223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.7148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.0200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.8225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0206ui3pbp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.