M1.9 earthquake 159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 4:52 PM HADT (01:52 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 122 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-20 01:52:56 UTC
- Depth
- 30.2 km (18.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.391° N, 178.810° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 310°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 377 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.5122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 377 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 3.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 374 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5151 km W of Adak, Alaska · 373 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 372 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 372 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 371 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.695 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 370 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 364 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 363 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 363 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 362 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.975 km W of Adak, Alaska · 357 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 356 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 356 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 353 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 351 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 349 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.885 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · -2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.984 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.584 km W of Adak, Alaska · 347 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.8120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 342 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.7149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 341 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.576 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 340 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 339 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 335 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 334 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 325 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 323 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 323 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 320 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.676 km W of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.2231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 381 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 386 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 387 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 394 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 394 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.895 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 394 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 395 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 395 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 396 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 396 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.895 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 396 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 399 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 400 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 400 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 401 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 401 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 401 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 401 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 401 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
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