Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 20, 2020, 5:39 PM HADT (02:39 UTC), 35 km (22 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: 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, May 20, 2020, 5:39 PM HADT
UTC: 2020-05-21 02:39:56 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.208° N, 178.586° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 3.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 192.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009nwv (also filed as ak0206ivqmq9). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.