Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 223 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 223 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 2:37 AM HAST (12:37 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 150 km WNW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-20 12:37:16 UTC
Depth
173.8 km (108.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.859° N, 179.881° 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
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
3.0ML, 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 9.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 142.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000plge (also filed as ak0252cjrv59). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.