Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 213 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 213 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jul 8, 2020, 4:15 PM HADT (01:15 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-09 01:15:09 UTC
Depth
121.2 km (75.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.753° N, 179.719° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 7.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
30

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 131.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b52b (also filed as ak0208rwbydd). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.