Alaska earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 87 km S of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 87 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 9:08 AM HADT (18:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 161 km S of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.0 (mb), light
Local time: Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 9:08 AM HADT
UTC: 2021-07-26 18:08:34 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.087° N, 176.575° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: II, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: II, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -2.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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 4.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 200°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 79

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 157.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ez9i (also filed as ak0219in0fwf). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC.