M2.8 earthquake 229 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 229 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 8:09 PM HAST (06:09 UTC), 178 km (111 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 268 km W 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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.6	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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m30a (also filed as ak023gg60tge). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC.