M3.8 earthquake 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 10:49 AM GMT+12 (22:49 UTC), 52 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 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
3.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.077 · 22 stations
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 153.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ktrs (also filed as ak023ard5adl). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC.