Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 271 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 271 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 1:20 PM GMT+12 (01:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
AV
Local time
UTC
2025-01-09 01:20:11 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.945° N, 179.421° E
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 3.3 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
324°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 100.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93449236. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.