Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 108 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 108 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jun 8, 2025, 10:57 AM HADT (19:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 54 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, Jun 8, 2025, 10:57 AM HADT
UTC: 2025-06-08 19:57:24 UTC
Depth: 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.740° N, 178.185° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
1.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.0	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.345080945367469 · 5 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0257ba3op6 (also filed as av93632026). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.