Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 43 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 5:25 AM HADT (14:25 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 53 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 5:25 AM HADT
UTC: 2024-06-29 14:25:29 UTC
Depth: 82.4 km (51.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.758° N, 177.240° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.2	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 7.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 180°
Stations used: 14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 147 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n974 (also filed as ak0248bkrbq8). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC.