Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 74 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 74 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 8, 2024, 3:06 PM HAST (01:06 UTC), 190 km (118 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 74 km WNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-09 01:06:35 UTC
Depth
189.7 km (117.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.403° N, 175.957° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.7ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 15.9 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.856 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 155 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.716 km S of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.922 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.869 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 222 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.648 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.674 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 144 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.152 km E of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.162 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.534 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.567 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 212 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 1.94 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.911 km N of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.175 km E of Adak, Alaska · 958 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 4.285 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.745 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 956 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.451 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 953 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 3.282 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 226 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 3.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 952 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 4.474 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 150 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 4.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.543 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.614 km N of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 948 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 175 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.950 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.844 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 137 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.521 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.028 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.952 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.135 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.966 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 930 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.716 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.824 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.943 km E of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.279 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 928 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.123 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 2.173 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 923 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.855 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 923 days ago · 180 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.810 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 921 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.047 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 920 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.153 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 920 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.969 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 919 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.531 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 1.848 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.445 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 967 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.853 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 968 days ago · 179 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 1.961 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 968 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.725 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 969 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.635 km N of Adak, Alaska · 969 days ago · 197 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.922 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 3.3106 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 216 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 3.042 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 973 days ago · 170 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.451 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.843 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.535 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.737 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.868 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 974 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.962 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.158 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.965 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 982 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away

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