M3.2 earthquake 275 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 275 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 8:59 PM GMT-12 (08:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-25 08:59:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.087° N, 179.348° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations |
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 7.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 270°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4249 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 395 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 357 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.8263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 407 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 410 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9191 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 411 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7193 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 413 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9246 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 433 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rl9e (also filed as ak025aw3hemq). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.