M2.3 earthquake 104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 11:05 AM HADT (20:05 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 34 km S 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-15 20:05:17 UTC
- Depth
- 36.2 km (22.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.425° N, 177.964° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 12.0 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 since this one and 149 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.045 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4143 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 16 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 16 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.368 km S of Adak, Alaska · 16 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 15 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.256 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 15 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.274 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.4123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.378 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 12 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.190 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 12 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 12 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.074 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.5148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.073 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.564 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 8 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.588 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 8 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.784 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 7 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.972 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 7 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.697 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 6 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.073 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 6 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.827 km W of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.469 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.276 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7152 km W of Adak, Alaska · 47 hr ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 46 hr ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.826 km W of Adak, Alaska · 26 hr ago · -2 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.134 km S of Adak, Alaska · 13 hr ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.4160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.1113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.813 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 18 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 19 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5162 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 19 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 19 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.077 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3158 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.173 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.6118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.873 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 20 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
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