M3.4 earthquake 87 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 87 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 10:53 PM HADT (07:53 UTC), 220 km (137 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 103 km NNE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.4	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.172 · 17 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 82.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009cx1 (also filed as ak0204s4djjz). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.