Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 63 km ESE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jul 26, 2024, 6:15 AM HADT (15:15 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 98 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-07-26 15:15:52 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.600° N, 175.831° 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
3.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.077 · 28 stations
3.4ML, 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 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 797 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.067 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.985 km S of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.321 km S of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.855 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 192 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.749 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.833 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.767 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.788 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 794 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.517 km S of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.360 km E of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.748 km W of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.859 km S of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 1.949 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 792 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.688 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 792 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.647 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 3.449 km N of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 224 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 3.2102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.899 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 2.767 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 147 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.559 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 3.179 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 2.632 km E of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.945 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.657 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 787 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 1.757 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 787 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.755 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 786 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.859 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 786 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.654 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 785 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 2.899 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 785 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.770 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 785 days ago · 196 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 3.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 784 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 2.659 km S of Adak, Alaska · 784 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 2.268 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 783 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 3.363 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 783 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 1.749 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 783 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 783 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 783 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.747 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 782 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.7148 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.9102 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 1.774 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.545 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 3.252 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.664 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.577 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 781 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.771 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.755 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.655 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.552 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.786 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 3.049 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.570 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.574 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.672 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.941 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.042 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 800 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.563 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.871 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.673 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away

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