M1.8 earthquake 261 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 261 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 8, 2025, 3:59 PM GMT+12 (03:59 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2025-12-08 03:59:17 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.901° N, 179.563° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 300 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 300 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.6263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 299 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.4166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 298 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 298 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 297 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 295 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 295 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 293 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 292 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 292 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 291 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 290 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 290 days ago · 92 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.3220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 289 days ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.3263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 288 days ago · 193 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 287 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 286 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 284 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 284 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 283 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 281 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 279 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 279 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 278 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 276 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 274 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 265 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 265 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 260 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 256 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 255 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.5299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 253 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 252 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 251 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.6265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 246 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.9295 km W of Adak, Alaska · 245 days ago · 176 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.3283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 245 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 243 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 108 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 4.3266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 301 days ago · 171 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.2269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.7256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 307 days ago · 133 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.7259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 310 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 311 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 312 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 313 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 315 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 316 days ago · 239 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1285 km W of Adak, Alaska · 316 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 318 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 318 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 319 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 322 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 324 days ago · 200 km deep · 53 km away
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