Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 56 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 10:07 AM HAST (20:07 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km SSW of Adak, 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
2024-02-11 20:07:59 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.469° N, 176.142° 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 · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.2ML, 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
216°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.152 km E of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.162 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.949 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.560 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.557 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.534 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.567 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 212 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.94 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.911 km N of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.578 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 959 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.553 km S of Adak, Alaska · 959 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.761 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 959 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.175 km E of Adak, Alaska · 958 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 957 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.168 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 957 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.285 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.871 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.1110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.6115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.745 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 956 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 1.757 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 956 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.653 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.669 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 3.451 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 953 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 3.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 952 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 951 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.078 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 951 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 2.159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.671 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.174 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.543 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.614 km N of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 948 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 3.544 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 5.0104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 944 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.957 km S of Adak, Alaska · 944 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.647 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 175 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 3.846 km S of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 1.868 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.950 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 3.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 3.061 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.956 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 1.648 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 222 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.070 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.964 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.659 km W of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.947 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.869 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.922 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.862 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.716 km S of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.856 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.966 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away

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