M2.0 earthquake 70 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 70 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 9, 2026, 7:24 PM HADT (04:24 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-10 04:24:18 UTC
- Depth
- 35.9 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.286° N, 177.017° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.690 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 146 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.150 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 146 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 146 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.494 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 146 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.176 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.694 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.476 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.380 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 145 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.949 km S of Adak, Alaska · 144 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.992 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.262 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 144 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.740 km E of Adak, Alaska · 143 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.730 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 143 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.256 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 143 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 143 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 143 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.580 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 143 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.358 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 142 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 142 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.686 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 142 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.741 km S of Adak, Alaska · 141 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.582 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 140 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 139 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 139 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.882 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 138 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 138 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 138 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.876 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 138 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.194 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 137 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 137 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.473 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 137 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.490 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 137 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.360 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 137 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 136 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.487 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 136 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.9118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 135 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 135 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.489 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 134 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 134 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.329 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 134 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.955 km S of Adak, Alaska · 134 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.167 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 134 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 133 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.063 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 133 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 133 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 133 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 133 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.951 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 133 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 132 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.971 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 132 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.4109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 131 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 130 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.943 km E of Adak, Alaska · 129 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.467 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 129 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 129 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.265 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.287 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.383 km S of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.677 km S of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.463 km S of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.353 km W of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.596 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.477 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 147 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.7143 km S of Adak, Alaska · 148 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 148 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 148 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 148 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 148 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.150 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 148 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
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