M4.0 earthquake 159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 8:18 AM HADT (17:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 127 km SW 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
4.0	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.26 · 4 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: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 162.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000628r (also filed as ak019dbw2vii). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC.