Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 7:18 AM GMT+12 (19:18 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-14 19:18:21 UTC
Depth
30.5 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.300° N, 179.723° E
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 since this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 8 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 8 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 7 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 7 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 6 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.8242 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 6 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.4242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 5 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 2.7286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 8 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 8 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.5281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 9 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.1199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 9 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 9 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.5214 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 10 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.6222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.7253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.6174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.8214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.9230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 12 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.6235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 12 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 3.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 12 days ago · 179 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.5181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 12 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 13 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.4225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.4195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 13 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000thkt (also filed as aka2026sgicjn). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC.