Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 69 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 69 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 12:28 AM HAST (10:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 12:28 AM HAST
UTC: 2020-02-23 10:28:43 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.287° N, 176.304° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 243°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 174.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008fvl (also filed as ak0202hh56h6). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.