Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 272 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 272 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 8:23 PM GMT+12 (08:23 UTC), 157 km (98 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
2024-06-18 08:23:12 UTC
Depth
157.4 km (97.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.017° N, 179.414° 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
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.4ML, 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 9.2 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 835 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 835 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.9265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 835 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.9193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 834 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 834 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 834 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.6261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 834 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 833 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 833 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.6263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 833 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.5192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 833 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.9234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 833 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 832 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 832 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 832 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 832 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.2251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 831 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 142 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 830 days ago · 140 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 830 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.8233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 830 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 830 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 830 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 829 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.6272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 828 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.8251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 827 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 826 days ago · 146 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.2201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 826 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.2247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 825 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 825 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 825 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.7223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.7226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.2226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.7233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 824 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 3.3195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 823 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.2278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 823 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 823 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 822 days ago · 145 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 822 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 3.0287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 821 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 821 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 821 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 1.9208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 821 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.6209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 820 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 3.0250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 819 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 819 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 817 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 817 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.8263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 816 days ago · 180 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 3.4184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 815 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 814 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.0290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 814 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 814 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 813 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 812 days ago · 140 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 150.

Before

  1. 1.9294 km W of Adak, Alaska · 835 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 836 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.9248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 836 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 836 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.2192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 836 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 836 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 837 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 837 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 837 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 837 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 837 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 837 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.0227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 837 days ago · 188 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 838 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 838 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.5287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 839 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 3.1228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 839 days ago · 186 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 840 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 841 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.7222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 841 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away

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