M1.6 earthquake 56 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 4, 2025, 5:00 PM HAST (03:00 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 51 km S 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
- 2025-01-05 03:00:09 UTC
- Depth
- 14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.685° N, 177.390° 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, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 232°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.123 km S of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.048 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.426 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3109 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.583 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 633 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.168 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.648 km W of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.175 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.551 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.948 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.245 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.877 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.226 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.089 km W of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.871 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 79 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.580 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.030 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.3106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.093 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.147 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.241 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.033 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.96 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.949 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.840 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.924 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.830 km W of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.2130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2122 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.261 km S of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 637 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.250 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 637 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.099 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.365 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.3120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.0109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93445006. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.