M2.0 earthquake 250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 5:42 AM GMT+12 (17:42 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-05 17:42:34 UTC
- Depth
- 58.0 km (36.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.461° N, 179.811° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 663 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 663 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 662 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 170 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 660 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 659 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 657 days ago · 63 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 657 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 175 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 647 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 647 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 644 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 641 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 69 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 638 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.2269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 631 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 140 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 625 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 2.9245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 157 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 61 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 666 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 668 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 669 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.2270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 182 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 175 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 670 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 671 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
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