M2.7 earthquake 287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 4:23 PM GMT+12 (04:23 UTC), 56 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-08 04:23:06 UTC
- Depth
- 55.5 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.348° N, 179.305° E
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
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How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.4 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 241°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 since this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 25 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 24 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 24 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 24 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 23 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 179 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 23 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 22 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 22 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 21 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 21 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 19 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 19 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 19 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 19 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 18 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 18 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 17 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 17 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 16 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 15 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 14 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 13 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 12 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 172 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 9 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 8 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 8 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 7 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 6 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 6 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 6 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 5 days ago · 186 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 4 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 4 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 25 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 27 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 27 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 28 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 28 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 28 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 28 days ago · 58 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 30 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 31 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 33 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 34 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 35 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 35 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 36 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 36 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 37 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 38 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 38 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 38 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
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