Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 10:32 AM HADT (19:32 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 10:32 AM HADT
UTC: 2020-04-18 19:32:23 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.331° N, 178.181° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 214°, 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 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 172.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009c3q (also filed as ak02050l2z0q). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.