M4.5 earthquake 150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 11:49 PM HADT (08:49 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
4.5	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.041 · 175 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: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 167.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005uk4 (also filed as ak019da3d9qy). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.