Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 76 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 7:44 AM HADT (16:44 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 53 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-15 16:44:51 UTC
Depth
30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.222° N, 176.274° 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 · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.1ML, 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 4.5 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
284°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.141 km E of Adak, Alaska · 902 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.327 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 901 days ago · 186 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 3.396 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 901 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.961 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 900 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.061 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 900 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.963 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 900 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 900 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.957 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 900 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.190 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 899 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 899 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.949 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 899 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.991 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 899 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 899 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.758 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.960 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.960 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.861 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.460 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.595 km S of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 4.160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.760 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.860 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.459 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 3.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.792 km S of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 3.860 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.860 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.560 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.760 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 3.262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.697 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.56 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 898 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.5168 km S of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.660 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 3.861 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.760 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 3.161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.960 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.667 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.734 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 1.696 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 897 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.952 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 3.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 1.893 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.759 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 3.060 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.832 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 896 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.779 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 895 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.562 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 895 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.059 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 895 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.020 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 893 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.257 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 892 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.669 km S of Adak, Alaska · 892 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.962 km S of Adak, Alaska · 892 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 1.960 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 891 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.174 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 890 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 902 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.539 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 902 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 903 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.660 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 903 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 903 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 903 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.652 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 903 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.966 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.678 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.698 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.923 km S of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.734 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.1113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 904 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 904 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.777 km E of Adak, Alaska · 905 days ago · 163 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.636 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 909 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.954 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 909 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.1102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 909 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.045 km S of Adak, Alaska · 913 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 913 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000myrg (also filed as ak0244vkr9o2). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.