M1.5 earthquake 256 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 256 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 8:03 AM GMT+12 (20:03 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 266 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-20 20:03:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.823° N, 179.639° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 326°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 740 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 739 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 738 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 738 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 738 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 736 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.1238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 734 days ago · 180 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 734 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 734 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 734 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 734 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 734 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 733 days ago · 181 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.1227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 733 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 733 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 732 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 731 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 731 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 731 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 730 days ago · 101 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 729 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 729 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 726 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 725 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 724 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 723 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.5203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 723 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 723 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 723 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 722 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 720 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 719 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 719 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 719 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 718 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 717 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 717 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 715 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 715 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 714 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 714 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 713 days ago · 85 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0292 km W of Adak, Alaska · 713 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 712 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 711 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 710 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 710 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.4234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 708 days ago · 214 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 708 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.3255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 708 days ago · 93 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.6165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 706 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 706 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.2296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 706 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 705 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 705 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 705 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 705 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 704 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 703 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 1.5263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 742 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 742 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 742 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 742 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 744 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 745 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
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