Alaska earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 24, 2020, 11:52 PM GMT-12 (11:52 UTC), 35 km (22 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: 3.9 (mb), minor
Local time: Sun, May 24, 2020, 11:52 PM GMT-12
UTC: 2020-05-25 11:52:38 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.269° N, 179.959° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 68

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 114.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a4cs (also filed as ak0206pnbnyh). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.