Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 245 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 245 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 6, 2024, 6:44 AM GMT+12 (18:44 UTC), 172 km (107 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 268 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-05 18:44:59 UTC
Depth
171.6 km (106.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.992° N, 179.804° E
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
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.6ML, 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 9.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
172°
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 878 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 876 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.6206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 173 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.9254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 875 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 875 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.0283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.3253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.0290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.5224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.6200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.1170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 871 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 3.7207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 870 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.7279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.2200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.2227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.8275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.2193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 867 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 4.2268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.7281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.0185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.9192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 170 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.7290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.7242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 2.3265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 94 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 3.5266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 860 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.1212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.8247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.8236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.9259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 179 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 2.3223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 857 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 857 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.3178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 2.8267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.5239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 853 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.2170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.8256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 3.3273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 3.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.7291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 879 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 880 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.7219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 883 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 883 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.6242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 166 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.9169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.3255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.7264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 887 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.2230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.9254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 888 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.0264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 888 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away

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