M2.9 earthquake 298 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 298 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 12:23 PM GMT+12 (00:23 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Rat 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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 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: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 128.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lems (also filed as ak023cb860yl). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.