M3.1 earthquake 147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 7:25 PM HADT (04:25 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.5	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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 199.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iqlt (also filed as ak022e0hfyju). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.