M2.0 earthquake 56 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 56 km S of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 7:41 AM HAST (17:41 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 51 km S 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-20 17:41:52 UTC
- Depth
- 23.3 km (14.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.370° N, 176.532° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0111 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.856 km S of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.846 km W of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.762 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.087 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.732 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4128 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.756 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.88 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.990 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.863 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.610 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3137 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.263 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 648 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.213 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 648 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 648 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.870 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 647 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 647 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.219 km S of Adak, Alaska · 646 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.620 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 646 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.3132 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 646 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.077 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.971 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.750 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 644 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.132 km S of Adak, Alaska · 643 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.792 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 643 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 643 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 643 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.382 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.867 km S of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.572 km S of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.3120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.365 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.655 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 178 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.788 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7139 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.099 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1140 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.250 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.1112 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.621 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.269 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.648 km E of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.888 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3108 km S of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.073 km S of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.827 km W of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4125 km S of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
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