Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 78 km NNE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 78 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 9:59 PM HADT (06:59 UTC), 219 km (136 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 86 km NE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 9:59 PM HADT
UTC: 2023-06-29 06:59:14 UTC
Depth: 219.0 km (136.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.472° N, 176.039° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 136°
Stations used: 27

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 71.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kqag (also filed as ak02389snqy6). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.