Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 29, 2025, 7:20 PM GMT+12 (07:20 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-29 07:20:07 UTC
Depth
27.8 km (17.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.401° N, 179.534° E
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 492 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 491 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 491 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 491 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.1201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 490 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.3251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 488 days ago · 178 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 487 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.8265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 487 days ago · 73 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.9207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 487 days ago · 113 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.2241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 487 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 486 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.0268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 486 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.7252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 486 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 485 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 484 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 484 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 484 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.8264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 483 days ago · 54 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.8226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 483 days ago · 138 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.2260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 483 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.0252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 482 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 1.8187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 481 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 479 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.0262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 478 days ago · 56 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 1.9221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 477 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.0202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 477 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 477 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 477 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 477 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.7289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 476 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.2267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 476 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 475 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.1217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 474 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 473 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 473 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 471 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 471 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 470 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 469 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.1268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 469 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.1209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 469 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 469 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 2.9259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 468 days ago · 172 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 3.6205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 468 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.5201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 468 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 468 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 467 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 466 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 466 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 2.3221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 465 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.9195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 465 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 465 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 464 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.8240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 464 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 464 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 464 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 464 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 464 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.8186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 463 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 492 days ago · 171 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 492 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 492 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 493 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.9180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 493 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.7178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 493 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.8259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 493 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 493 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 494 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 494 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 494 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 494 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.6250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 495 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 495 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 497 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 497 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 497 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 497 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 498 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 498 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away

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