M3.8 earthquake 78 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 78 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 6:08 AM HADT (15:08 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 87 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.154 · 11 stations
3.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 180 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 200.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pycx (also filed as ak02539o4xjo). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.