M1.8 earthquake 85 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 85 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Oct 20, 2025, 5:28 PM HADT (02:28 UTC), -2 km (-1 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-10-21 02:28:59 UTC
- Depth
- -1.8 km (-1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.890° N, 177.871° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 235°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.984 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.584 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 344 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.8120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 341 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 341 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.576 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 340 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 339 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 335 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 334 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 325 days ago · 87 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.010 km S of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 320 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.676 km W of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 318 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.977 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.478 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 316 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 315 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 315 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 239 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.6127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.567 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 3.171 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.775 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 314 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.367 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.743 km N of Adak, Alaska · 312 days ago · 223 km deep · 94 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 · 311 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.462 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.259 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 310 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 309 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 309 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.253 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 309 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 309 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.831 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 308 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 307 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 305 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.982 km W of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 301 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 300 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 298 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.697 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 297 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.474 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 297 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 296 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 296 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.296 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 296 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.971 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.618 km W of Adak, Alaska · 348 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 349 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.454 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 353 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.975 km W of Adak, Alaska · 357 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.655 km W of Adak, Alaska · 357 days ago · -2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 362 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 362 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 364 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 369 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.695 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 372 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93051129. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.