Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 95 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 95 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 4:32 AM HAST (14:32 UTC), 14 km (9 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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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 4:32 AM HAST
UTC: 2025-11-22 14:32:15 UTC
Depth: 13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.057° N, 176.223° 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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.2 · 7 stations

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 3.8 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 241°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 125.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s8b6 (also filed as ak2025wzrxsw). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:37 AM UTC.