Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 184 km WNW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 184 km WNW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 10:43 AM HAST (20:43 UTC), 220 km (137 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 169 km WNW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-04 20:43:33 UTC
Depth
219.9 km (136.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.310° N, 179.238° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.7mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.095 · 28 stations
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 13.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
51

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 61.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pd7a (also filed as ak0251m7z3wy). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.