Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 293 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 293 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:05 AM GMT-12 (20:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 south of the Aleutian Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-06-21 20:05:36 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.300° N, 179.994° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
271°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ahm2 (also filed as ak0207yfwur0). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC.