M3.8 earthquake 179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 10:35 PM HADT (07:35 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 150 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
3.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.16 · 10 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: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 152 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 189.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005f9x (also filed as ak019bpuf4h1). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.