Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 8:04 PM GMT-12 (08:04 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-26 08:04:19 UTC
Depth
15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.006° N, 179.796° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
239°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.4252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.0243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 3.8237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 5.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away · tsunami flag
  10. 5.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 3.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 3.5248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.7236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 4.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.3244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 3.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 2.6236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 2.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.2243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 4.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.8249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 4.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 5.7246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away · tsunami flag
  38. 3.0242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 4.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 2.9255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 4.3247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 4.4248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 3.8249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 4.4247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 3.9249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 4.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.9248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 3.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.7257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 5.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.4235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 3.7254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 4.3236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 3.8247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.8238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 5.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away · tsunami flag
  10. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 3.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 4.3239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 5.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away · tsunami flag

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007qdb (also filed as ak020174re5k). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.