M1.6 earthquake 51 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 5:48 PM HADT (02:48 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 67 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-29 02:48:55 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.601° N, 177.242° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 298°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 364 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 362 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 362 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.655 km W of Adak, Alaska · 357 days ago · -2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.975 km W of Adak, Alaska · 357 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 353 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.454 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 349 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.618 km W of Adak, Alaska · 348 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.971 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.885 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · -2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.984 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.584 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 344 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.947 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.8120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 341 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 341 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.576 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 340 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 334 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 325 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.010 km S of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 323 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.0120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 320 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.676 km W of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 318 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 318 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.977 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.478 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.639 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 316 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 315 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.754 km S of Adak, Alaska · 315 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 315 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.567 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 3.171 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.775 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.367 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.746 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.743 km N of Adak, Alaska · 312 days ago · 223 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 312 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.269 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 312 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.353 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.462 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 3.8103 km S of Adak, Alaska · 369 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.695 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.866 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 374 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.5122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 377 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 377 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.622 km E of Adak, Alaska · 380 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.032 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 384 days ago · 126 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 3.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 386 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 388 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 392 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 394 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 394 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.895 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 394 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 395 days ago · 77 km deep · 11 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93050294. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.