Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 82 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 82 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 10:47 PM HADT (07:47 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 64 km S of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-04-06 07:47:37 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.781° N, 177.825° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
36

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 171.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008ra8 (also filed as av62153686, ak0204gjkuo4). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.