M3.9 earthquake 131 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 131 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 4:03 PM HAST (02:03 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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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
3.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.132 · 15 stations
3.9	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: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 121.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j36c (also filed as ak0199yfmsf). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.