Alaska earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 6:10 PM GMT-12 (06:10 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.4 (mb), light
Local time: Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 6:10 PM GMT-12
UTC: 2020-01-30 06:10:17 UTC
Depth: 22.3 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.049° N, 179.836° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 5.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 140°
Stations used: 119

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 162 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 99.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007jtu (also filed as ak0201dpr6yf). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.