Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 284 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 284 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 7:46 PM GMT+12 (07:46 UTC), 64 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-11 07:46:47 UTC
Depth
63.5 km (39.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.528° N, 179.293° E
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
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.4 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 539 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.8267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 538 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 538 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.1273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 537 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.7249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 537 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 537 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.7218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 537 days ago · 149 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 536 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 3.3247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 536 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.9193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 536 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.6263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 536 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.8291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 535 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.1219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 535 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 535 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 535 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 534 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.5218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 534 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.0240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 534 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.1245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 534 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 534 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 534 days ago · 158 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.6275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 533 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 2.2270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 532 days ago · 70 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 532 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.9213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 531 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 531 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 531 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.8297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 530 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 529 days ago · 159 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 529 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 529 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 528 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.7273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 528 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 1.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 528 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.0189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 528 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.5230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 527 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.2200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 524 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.8250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 524 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 524 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 523 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.9226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 523 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 3.9200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 521 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 521 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 520 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 520 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.5231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 519 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.1244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 519 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.9194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 519 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.2220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 519 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 518 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 3.4250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 518 days ago · 170 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 517 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 516 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 3.0184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 516 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.3250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 515 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 515 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 514 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.0291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 514 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 2.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 514 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.5269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 513 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 539 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.3239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 540 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 541 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.1246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 541 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 541 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 542 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.2295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 542 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 543 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.9266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 543 days ago · 171 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 543 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.2211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 544 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.9199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 545 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 545 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.9255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 545 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.1212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 545 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.0195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 546 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.6253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 546 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 546 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 547 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 547 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away

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