Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 74 km NNE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 74 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 8:37 AM HAST (18:37 UTC), 144 km (90 mi) below the surface.

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

More in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-11 18:37:14 UTC
Depth
144.0 km (89.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.435° N, 176.037° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.4ML, 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 13.8 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
212°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.152 km E of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.162 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.534 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.567 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 212 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.94 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.911 km N of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.175 km E of Adak, Alaska · 958 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.285 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 953 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.282 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 226 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 952 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.474 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 150 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.543 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.614 km N of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 948 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 175 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.950 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.844 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 137 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.521 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.028 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.952 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.135 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.966 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 930 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.716 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.824 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.943 km E of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.279 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 928 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.123 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.855 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 923 days ago · 180 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.810 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 921 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.047 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 920 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.531 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.844 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 917 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 3.125 km S of Adak, Alaska · 916 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.770 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.814 km S of Adak, Alaska · 915 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.436 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 914 days ago · 139 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.165 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 913 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.339 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 913 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.67 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 911 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.967 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 907 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.648 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 222 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.869 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.922 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.716 km S of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 155 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.856 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.774 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 190 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.853 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 968 days ago · 179 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.635 km N of Adak, Alaska · 969 days ago · 197 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.922 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.3106 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 216 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 3.042 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 973 days ago · 170 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.451 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mg7g (also filed as ak0241xribcj). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.