M3.3 earthquake 191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 10:07 PM HADT (07:07 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 149 km SW 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
3.3	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations
3.0	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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 133 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 201.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kp9c (also filed as ak023885epn2). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.