M2.6 earthquake 176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 4:13 AM HADT (13:13 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 151 km WSW 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-28 13:13:45 UTC
- Depth
- 34.4 km (21.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.092° N, 178.844° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 222°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 since this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.7181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.1162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 33 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 33 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 33 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.282 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 33 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 32 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 32 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 32 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 32 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 32 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 31 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 30 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 30 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.3157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.9139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 28 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 27 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 27 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 26 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 26 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 26 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 26 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 26 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 26 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.593 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 25 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 25 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 25 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.4156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 25 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6172 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.6156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.086 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6250 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.983 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2155 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.876 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 2.6172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.7169 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.6173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 35 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 35 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 36 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 37 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 37 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 37 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 37 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 39 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 39 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 39 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 40 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 40 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 40 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 40 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 40 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 42 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.2163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 42 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
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