Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 226 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 226 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 6:51 PM HAST (04:51 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-30 04:51:08 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.766° N, 179.918° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
28

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 154 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.3137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.6163 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2432 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.0242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.1272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.1268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.2229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 97 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.9136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.3210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.2214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.1265 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 167 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.2253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 3.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 179 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 3.6274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.1165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 3.2271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 201 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 4.0244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.6260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.5188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 3.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.6226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 123 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 1.6264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.6258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 1.6258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 1.5258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.1207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 157 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.1244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.6261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 2.2211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 1.8268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 5.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  50. 3.4242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.3239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 2.3263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.2237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 3.5239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 165 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.7247 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2436 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.6251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.2251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.3237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 5.4247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.2255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.4249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.8248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0201dot3f2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.