M2.6 Earthquake near 114 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

UTC time: 2025-03-22 15:54:34 UTC Local time:
Magnitude
M2.6
Depth
10.0 km
Source
USGS

114 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

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About this earthquake

On March 22, 2025 at 15:54 UTC, a magnitude M2.6 earthquake occurred near 114 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 10 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Events of this size typically go unnoticed.

The data is provided by USGS and cross-checked across seismological networks.

Details

ID
ac7912e0ac411d4bd1132b9ccd557a7cc0124235
Magnitude
M2.6
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2025-03-22 15:54:34 UTC
Local time
Country
Source
usgs
Coordinates
50.90100, -176.09940

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
Why depth matters

Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.

Depth classes per USGS

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Context for this earthquake

This event has no unambiguous country assignment in the analysed catalogue. It is therefore not assigned to a regional profile.

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