Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 31 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 31 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 14, 2021, 12:55 PM HADT (21:55 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 49 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (mb), minor
Local time: Fri, May 14, 2021, 12:55 PM HADT
UTC: 2021-05-14 21:55:17 UTC
Depth: 50.2 km (31.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.632° N, 176.392° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 63

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 87.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e38a (also filed as ak02165yufkv). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.