M1.6 earthquake 263 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 263 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 8:52 PM GMT+12 (08:52 UTC), 3 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-10 08:52:27 UTC
- Depth
- 2.8 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.799° N, 179.549° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.33
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 312°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 299 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 298 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 297 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 296 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 296 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 295 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 293 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 292 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 292 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 292 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 292 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 291 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 291 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 290 days ago · 92 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.3220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 290 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.3263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 289 days ago · 193 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 288 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 286 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 284 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 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 · 284 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 281 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 280 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 279 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 279 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 277 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 275 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 274 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 265 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 265 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 261 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 257 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 257 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 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 · 54 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 253 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 251 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.6265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 247 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.9295 km W of Adak, Alaska · 246 days ago · 176 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.3283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 245 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 244 days ago · 133 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 243 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 243 days ago · 108 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.8186 km W of Adak, Alaska · 241 days ago · 141 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 240 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 2.6228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 300 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 300 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 300 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 301 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 301 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 171 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.2269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 302 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.7256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 308 days ago · 133 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.7259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 310 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 312 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 312 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 313 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 313 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 316 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 239 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1285 km W of Adak, Alaska · 317 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
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