Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 60 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:44 PM HAST (08:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 27 km S of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-02-12 08:44:58 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.353° N, 176.385° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.137 · 7 stations
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterReviewed · ±0.2 · 6 stations

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 4.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 232 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.8105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 232 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.894 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 231 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.944 km E of Adak, Alaska · 231 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.972 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 230 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.781 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 230 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.478 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 230 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.2100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 230 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.564 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 230 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.463 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 230 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.5145 km S of Adak, Alaska · 229 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.490 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 229 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.173 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 228 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.468 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 228 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.737 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 227 days ago · 145 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.173 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 226 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 4.047 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 226 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.368 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.371 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.962 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.86 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.821 km E of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.387 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 224 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.695 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 224 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.745 km S of Adak, Alaska · 224 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 3.699 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 223 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 3.1101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 222 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 2.02 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 222 days ago · -2 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 222 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.532 km S of Adak, Alaska · 221 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.542 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 221 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.568 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 220 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.385 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 220 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.664 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 220 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.061 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 217 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 3.052 km S of Adak, Alaska · 216 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 3.032 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 214 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.374 km S of Adak, Alaska · 211 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.798 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 210 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.460 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 209 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 209 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 209 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.383 km E of Adak, Alaska · 208 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.5102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.4129 km S of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 4.0118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.053 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.379 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 206 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.829 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 206 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.183 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 206 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.494 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 205 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 3.952 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 205 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 2.059 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 205 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 204 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.732 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 204 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.186 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 204 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.3122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 203 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.361 km S of Adak, Alaska · 203 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 3.568 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 203 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 202 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 3.237 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 232 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.092 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 232 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 235 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.918 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 237 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 237 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.380 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 237 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.816 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 237 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.453 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 238 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.593 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.015 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 238 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.8105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 238 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.618 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.790 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 238 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.2121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 239 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.679 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 241 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.393 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 242 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.02 km S of Adak, Alaska · 242 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 5.140 km E of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.651 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s91i (also filed as ak2026cztxbt). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC.