M1.8 earthquake 261 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 261 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 3:24 PM GMT+12 (03:24 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-08 03:24:29 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.912° N, 179.561° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 662 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 662 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 662 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 661 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 170 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 659 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 659 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 656 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.0248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 175 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 652 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 649 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 648 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 647 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 647 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 640 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 640 days ago · 170 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 637 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 633 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 633 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 631 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 140 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 627 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 625 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 622 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 620 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 620 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 619 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 619 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 618 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 618 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 88.
Before
- 2.8237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 157 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 666 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 668 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 669 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 669 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 182 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 175 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 670 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 670 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93396016. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.