M3.0 earthquake 26 km SW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:13 PM AKDT (01:13 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 48 km SSW of Unalaska, 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 · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 115.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q5va (also filed as ak0253jd1ygw). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC.