M5.9 earthquake 87 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 87 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 5:58 AM HADT (14:58 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

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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
5.9	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.117 · 7 stations
5.7	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 95.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pllx (also filed as ak0253ojobmg). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC.