Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 230 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 230 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:00 PM HAST (05:00 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:00 PM HAST
UTC: 2021-12-12 05:00:26 UTC
Depth: 98.9 km (61.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.740° N, 179.976° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 128°
Stations used: 22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 90.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gasf (also filed as ak021fwaxawy). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.