M2.9 earthquake 292 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 292 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 11:52 AM GMT+12 (23:52 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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 · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 118.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pf3i (also filed as ak025191ilzx). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC.