Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 118 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 118 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 21, 2026, 12:08 AM HADT (09:08 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 122 km SW 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: Thu, May 21, 2026, 12:08 AM HADT
UTC: 2026-05-21 09:08:52 UTC
Depth: 28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.288° N, 178.059° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.2 · 15 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 4.8 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000szdn (also filed as aka2026jzhjlw). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:11 AM UTC.