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M3.0 earthquake – Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in the Adak, Alaska region at 10:56 UTC on 11 Sept 2026, at a depth of 35 km, according to USGS.

revised from M3.1

Data: USGS · updated 2026-10-08 13:58 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude
3.0minor
local magnitude (Richter) (ml)
revised from 3.1
Depth
35 km
Status
Reviewed
Origin time
2026-09-11 10:56:28 UTC
Epicentre
51.172° N, 178.519° W

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
No towns within 400 km. This is a remote area.

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.

AgencyMagnitudeDepthEpicentreTime offsetStatus
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey3.0 mlwas 3.135 km51.17° N, 178.52° W–Reviewed · 1 revision

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How big was it?

Often felt by people at rest close to the epicentre, rarely causes damage.

It released roughly the energy of 477 kg of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 35 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M3.0 releases about 32× the energy of M2.0, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 477 kg of TNT vs 15 kg of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M2.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

22 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M3.9 25 days ago. 7 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M3.0

22 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
0.182.720
0.252.524
0.292.530
0.742.517
1.172.535
3.292.535
7.222.521
10.742.615
16.783.335
39.203.929
81.582.542
101.233.435
127.893.036
128.742.520
129.592.911
258.883.50
281.812.862
330.243.514
381.242.664
410.692.229
437.152.822
593.082.413
  1. 3.9Adak, Alaska09-13 02:08
  2. 3.5Adak, Alaska09-22 05:49
  3. 3.5Adak, Alaska09-25 05:10
  4. 3.4Adak, Alaska09-15 16:10
  5. 3.3Adak, Alaska09-12 03:43
  6. 3.0Adak, Alaska09-16 18:49
  7. 2.9Adak, Alaska09-16 20:32
  8. 2.8Adak, Alaska09-23 04:44
  9. 2.8Adak, Alaska09-29 16:05
  10. 2.7Adak, Alaska09-11 11:07
  11. 2.6Adak, Alaska09-11 21:41
  12. 2.6Adak, Alaska09-27 08:10
  13. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-11 11:11
  14. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-11 11:13
  15. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-11 11:40
  16. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-11 12:06
  17. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-11 14:14
  18. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-11 18:09
  19. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-14 20:31
  20. 2.5Adak, Alaska09-16 19:40
  21. 2.4Adak, Alaska10-06 04:01
  22. 2.2Adak, Alaska09-28 13:38

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Event id aka2026sadkzf. First recorded here 28 Sept 2026, 17:32:12 UTC. Solutions: USGS (usgs:us7000thhg). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M3.0 earthquake – Adak, Alaska”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/aka2026sadkzf-m3-0-earthquake-adak-alaska, data from USGS.

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