Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 231 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 231 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:33 AM HADT (17:33 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 289 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-06-20 17:33:44 UTC
Depth
107.1 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.812° N, 179.999° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
29

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 190.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kapc (also filed as ak0237v37vwk). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC.