M3.0 earthquake 183 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 183 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 7, 2025, 4:45 AM HADT (13:45 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 209 km WSW of Adak, 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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.6	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: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 192.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pzps (also filed as ak0255u99fxy). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.