Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 3, 2020, 9:40 AM HADT (18:40 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, May 3, 2020, 9:40 AM HADT
UTC: 2020-05-03 18:40:07 UTC
Depth: 70.5 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.538° N, 178.505° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 178.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009ld4 (also filed as ak0205pdlfc4). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC.