Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 67 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 3:58 PM HADT (00:58 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 76 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 3:58 PM HADT
UTC: 2020-09-16 00:58:02 UTC
Depth: 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.367° N, 176.108° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 223°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 127.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c1gi (also filed as ak020by02ocf). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC.