Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 136 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 136 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 10:33 PM HADT (07:33 UTC), 189 km (117 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 229 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-06-27 07:33:11 UTC
Depth
188.7 km (117.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.014° N, 178.605° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 16.0 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kp86 (also filed as ak02386i0wlh). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.