M4.5 earthquake 212 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 212 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 8:50 AM HAST (18:50 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 · ±0.049 · 121 stations
4.2	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: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 119.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006ci2 (also filed as ak019f2raek2). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC.