M2.9 earthquake 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 7:13 PM HAST (05:13 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 140 km WSW 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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.245958439849022 · 17 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 77.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rp1s (also filed as av93894481). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC.