Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 127 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 127 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 8:05 PM HADT (05:05 UTC), 162 km (101 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: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 8:05 PM HADT
UTC: 2020-06-11 05:05:50 UTC
Depth: 162.5 km (101.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.929° N, 178.488° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 170°
Stations used: 24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 194.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000agvd (also filed as ak0207hnlx00). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC.