M2.7 earthquake 106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:00 PM HAST (04:00 UTC), 27 km (17 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 176.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mgnn (also filed as ak02422hkghx). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.