Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 75 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 75 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 3:51 PM HADT (00:51 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 76 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (mb), minor
Local time: Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 3:51 PM HADT
UTC: 2020-09-16 00:51:47 UTC
Depth: 25.8 km (16.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.327° N, 175.999° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.9 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 56

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 125.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bp69 (also filed as ak020by019qa). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.