Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 70 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 70 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Nov 26, 2023, 4:12 PM HAST (02:12 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 116 km SE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-11-27 02:12:06 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.257° N, 176.417° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 17.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
276°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 171.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lhya (also filed as ak023f7g5bst). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC.