M2.6 earthquake 82 km WSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 82 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 7:21 AM HADT (16:21 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 59 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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.1	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: 170 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 170.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pw9e (also filed as ak0254vkmc2l). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC.