Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 11:08 PM GMT+12 (11:08 UTC), 31 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 260 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-11 11:08:11 UTC
Depth
31.4 km (19.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.223° N, 179.672° 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
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 992 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.4217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 989 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.9248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 988 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 3.0252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.1268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 987 days ago · 225 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 987 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 983 days ago · 100 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.5217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 983 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 981 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 3.0212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 979 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.1267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.5271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.1175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 976 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 975 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.9168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.9265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 4.0288 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.7285 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.0287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 3.7178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 974 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.1175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.9278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.9293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 969 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.8279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 968 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.3223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 965 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.8286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.0230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.3228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.9241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 963 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.5181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 2.6226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 2.0264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 961 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.0206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 961 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 960 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.1238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 3.3280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 176 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 955 days ago · 84 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.1182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.7278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 951 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 2.9285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 2.3216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.3192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.6238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 2.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 994 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.7222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 994 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.3292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 994 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 996 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 996 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 997 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 998 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 999 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.2237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.1245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.7200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.4228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.3168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.3208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.4219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.6252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024idibpt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.