M2.3 earthquake 71 km E of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 71 km E of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 4:21 AM HAST (14:21 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 57 km SSE 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
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.73	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.40911592261951624 · 5 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 98.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rez0 (also filed as ak2025wwacun). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC.