M3.6 earthquake 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 5:11 PM GMT-12 (05:11 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.204 · 6 stations
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000d0dd (also filed as ak021bnszsh). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC.