Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 136 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 136 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 9:22 AM HAST (19:22 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.2 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 9:22 AM HAST
UTC: 2020-12-16 19:22:49 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.150° N, 178.222° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 252°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 117.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d20d (also filed as ak020g4t2vi8). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.