Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 11, 2025, 9:01 PM GMT+12 (09:01 UTC), 28 km (18 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-11 09:01:38 UTC
Depth
28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.257° N, 179.909° 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
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.7ML, 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 5.5 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
214°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 509 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 508 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.9210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 507 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.0196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 507 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.0212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 506 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.8220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 504 days ago · 158 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.7171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.6201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.9228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 502 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.1290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.0186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.1269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 502 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.2287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.6152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 501 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.7238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 3.0264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 500 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.1171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 500 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 500 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.7229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 499 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 499 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 498 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 498 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 497 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 497 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 496 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 496 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 496 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 495 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 494 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.6250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 494 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 493 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 493 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 492 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.8259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 492 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.7178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 492 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.9180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 491 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 491 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 491 days ago · 171 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.7270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 491 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.7254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 491 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 490 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 490 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 490 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.1201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 489 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 489 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.0154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 489 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 3.3251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 486 days ago · 178 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 486 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 3.8265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 486 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 2.9207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 486 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.2241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 485 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 485 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 2.7194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 510 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.1274 km W of Adak, Alaska · 510 days ago · 142 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.2184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 511 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 512 days ago · 191 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 513 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.0183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 513 days ago · 107 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.8177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 513 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.0247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 513 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.5269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 513 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 514 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.0291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 514 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.9203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 514 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.6160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 514 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 515 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.2150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 515 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.3250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 515 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 516 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.0184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 516 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 516 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 517 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away

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