Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 17, 2024, 8:47 PM GMT+12 (08:47 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-17 08:47:32 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.156° N, 179.569° E
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.2268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.7281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.0185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 865 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.7290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.7242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.3265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.5266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 3.1207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.4212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.1212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 860 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.8247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.8236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.3223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 3.9220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 857 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 857 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.3178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 856 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.8267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 1.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 854 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.5239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 853 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.8256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 3.3273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 3.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.7291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 851 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 851 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 850 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.8238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 850 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 2.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 849 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.8268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 849 days ago · 53 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 3.0223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 3.4272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.4266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 2.2268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 2.2267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 2.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 2.5242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.7279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 1.9283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.0244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 847 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 1.7243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 847 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 846 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.2227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.5188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.3237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.2200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.2204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.7279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 870 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 3.7207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.9193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 871 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.6200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.5224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.0290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.3253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.0283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.8255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0246cd7i4f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.