Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 21, 2020, 6:15 AM HADT (15:15 UTC), 10 km (6 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: 3.8 (mb), minor
Local time: Thu, May 21, 2020, 6:15 AM HADT
UTC: 2020-05-21 15:15:04 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 50.857° N, 179.353° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 85

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 119.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009mnq (also filed as ak0206j3c0fv). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.