M2.0 earthquake 259 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 259 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 6:56 AM GMT+12 (18:56 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 214 km W 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
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-24 18:56:35 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.925° N, 179.600° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 771 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.3293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 769 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 765 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 765 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 764 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 764 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 764 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 172 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 763 days ago · 165 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.3239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 762 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 762 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 759 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 757 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 181 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 756 days ago · 142 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 755 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.2267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 121 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 753 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 750 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 167 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 749 days ago · 130 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 749 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 748 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 747 days ago · 112 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 747 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 2.7185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 772 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 772 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 773 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 89 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 774 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
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