Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Nov 7, 2023, 10:22 AM HAST (20:22 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 134 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-11-07 20:22:44 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.270° N, 178.491° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
206°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 173.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lr3h (also filed as ak023eao6ex1). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.