Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 4:07 PM GMT-12 (04:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-26 04:07:54 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.007° N, 179.860° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.7 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
240°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.4250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 6.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  8. 3.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 5.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away · tsunami flag
  11. 4.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 4.3239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 3.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 5.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away · tsunami flag
  22. 2.8238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 3.8247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 4.3236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 3.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 4.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 3.7254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 4.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 3.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 4.4252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 3.0243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 3.8237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 4.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 5.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away · tsunami flag
  40. 5.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 4.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 3.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 3.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 3.5248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.7236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 4.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 3.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.3244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 3.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.6236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 5.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away · tsunami flag
  2. 4.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.2264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.4289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 3.9252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 4.0250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 1.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.8289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007qct (also filed as ak020172edd1). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.