Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 29, 2020, 8:03 PM HADT (05:03 UTC), 47 km (29 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-30 05:03:06 UTC
Depth
46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.478° N, 178.317° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.698 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.591 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.7136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.1149 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.579 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.677 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.1153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.580 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.2118 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 182 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.0205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.482 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 1.567 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.080 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.572 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 3.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.2140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 1.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.780 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.081 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 1.967 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 2.2147 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 2.1125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.556 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 162 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 5.0141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 1.9142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 1.7140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 2.0143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 3.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 1.6109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 1.5109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 1.5186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.7126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.562 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 1.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.880 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.9167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.7102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.4210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.8142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.8145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.9173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.5121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.825 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.536 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.7133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.878 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.7178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0206xt587d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:05 AM UTC.