M2.7 earthquake 173 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 173 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 5:16 AM HADT (14:16 UTC), 219 km (136 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 237 km W 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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 155.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qw0m (also filed as ak0258s42vf8). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.