M2.1 earthquake 262 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 262 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 2:59 AM GMT-12 (14:59 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 181 km SSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-31 14:59:31 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.999° N, 178.896° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 762 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3220 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9181 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.9285 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.1284 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2181 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 745 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 734 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024b7rtgtd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.