Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 133 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 133 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 11:47 AM HADT (20:47 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 11:47 AM HADT
UTC: 2021-09-12 20:47:15 UTC
Depth: 140.8 km (87.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.920° N, 178.573° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 176°
Stations used: 22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 117.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000famm (also filed as ak021bq289va). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.