Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 184 km S of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 184 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 5:08 PM HADT (02:08 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-25 02:08:48 UTC
Depth
17.8 km (11.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.240° N, 176.188° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.6mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.125 · 16 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.1 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
268°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
27

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 171 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 3.8117 km S of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.989 km S of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.192 km S of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.791 km S of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.6100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.5109 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.993 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.888 km S of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.9103 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.9127 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.0108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.895 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 554 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.8198 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.188 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 554 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.891 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 554 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.0126 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 554 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.098 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 553 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.694 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 552 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.991 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 550 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.894 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 550 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.7104 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 549 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.798 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 549 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.188 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 549 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.9106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 549 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.1102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 549 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 3.093 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 548 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.9146 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 545 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.988 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 544 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 4.5163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 542 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.2169 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 542 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.5106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 542 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.993 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 539 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 3.0102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 539 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 3.294 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 538 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.794 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 532 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.995 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 526 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.098 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 526 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 2.595 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 524 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.594 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 524 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 3.197 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 520 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.299 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 506 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.2108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 505 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.7127 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.0187 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.9104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.2195 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.899 km S of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.8110 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 497 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.790 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.887 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.094 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.899 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.7104 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.899 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.9101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.8100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.0108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.998 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.291 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.091 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 557 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.998 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.886 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.595 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.199 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.092 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.789 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 4.5108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 558 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q6we (also filed as ak0253uydugb). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.