Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km ENE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 6, 2024, 3:55 PM HAST (01:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AV
Local time
UTC
2024-03-07 01:55:13 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.938° N, 176.343° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 3.1 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
8

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.856 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.573 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.041 km S of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.073 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 3.975 km S of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.446 km W of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.028 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.174 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.084 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.693 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.192 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 934 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.168 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 934 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 4.694 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.296 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.034 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 2.066 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.038 km S of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 931 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.952 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.135 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.057 km S of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.966 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 930 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 3.579 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.066 km S of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 3.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.716 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.824 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 1.943 km E of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.279 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 928 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.866 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 928 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.662 km W of Adak, Alaska · 928 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.586 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.178 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.123 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.751 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.857 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.759 km S of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.761 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 923 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.173 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 923 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.855 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 923 days ago · 180 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 2.743 km S of Adak, Alaska · 922 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 1.970 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 922 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.068 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.844 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 137 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.956 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 3.061 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 69 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.770 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.950 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.868 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.846 km S of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 175 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.647 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.957 km S of Adak, Alaska · 944 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 944 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.544 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91135613. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.