Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 78 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 78 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 12:45 PM HADT (21:45 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 124 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 12:45 PM HADT
UTC: 2020-10-20 21:45:23 UTC
Depth: 28.6 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.420° N, 177.509° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 38

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 151.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000c8al (also filed as ak020dikrtx5). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:41 PM UTC.