M3.6 earthquake 76 km SSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 76 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 7:16 PM HAST (05:16 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 67 km SSW 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
3.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.189 · 7 stations
3.58	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.3245093912740823 · 20 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 146.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rp0u (also filed as ak2025wilytv). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.