Alaska earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:54 PM HADT (03:54 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 97 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, May 24, 2018, 6:54 PM HADT
UTC: 2018-05-25 03:54:22 UTC
Depth: 59.8 km (37.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.702° N, 175.848° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
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
4.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.028 · 409 stations
4.8	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 7.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 96°
Stations used: 174

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 100.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ebsq (also filed as ak19658644, ak0186nv18pv). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.