M3.8 earthquake 68 km WNW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 68 km WNW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 5:48 AM HAST (15:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.141 · 13 stations
3.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 160.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j323 (also filed as ak018ghz5f0k). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC.