M1.7 earthquake 261 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 261 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 21, 2024, 3:33 AM GMT+12 (15:33 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-20 15:33:08 UTC
- Depth
- 61.5 km (38.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.486° N, 179.629° E
- 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 894 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 894 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 893 days ago · 155 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 893 days ago · 139 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.4266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 891 days ago · 66 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.3262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 890 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 888 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 65 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 888 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.2230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 887 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 72 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.3255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 166 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 885 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 883 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 883 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 883 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 883 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 882 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 64 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 881 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 880 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.0213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 880 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 879 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 172 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 878 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 877 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 876 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 876 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 876 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 173 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 875 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 875 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 65 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 895 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 899 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 899 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 900 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 900 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 901 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 901 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 901 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 902 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 902 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 903 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 905 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02453ts476. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.