Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 251 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 251 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 3:04 AM GMT+12 (15:04 UTC), 71 km (44 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
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-06-26 15:04:51 UTC
Depth
70.6 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.521° N, 179.774° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.3ML, 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 3.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
157°
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 826 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.2247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 826 days ago · 133 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 826 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.6178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 825 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.7223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 825 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.7226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.2226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.7233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 824 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 824 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.3195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 823 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.2278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 823 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 823 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.6196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 822 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 822 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 3.0287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 822 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 822 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.9208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 821 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.6161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 821 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 820 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.2160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 820 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.6209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 820 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 3.0250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 820 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 819 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.2217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 817 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 817 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 1.8175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 816 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.8263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 816 days ago · 180 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 816 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 3.4184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 815 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 814 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.0290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 814 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 814 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.8161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 813 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 812 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 812 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.7228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 812 days ago · 150 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 812 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.6164 km W of Adak, Alaska · 812 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 811 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.5263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 811 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.1280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 810 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 3.8247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 810 days ago · 170 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 3.1229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 810 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 810 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 810 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 810 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 809 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 809 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 809 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.8286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 809 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.8285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 809 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 2.0173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 63 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 1.6202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 1.9227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 1.5168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 808 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.9293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 190.

Before

  1. 4.5269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 828 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.6272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 828 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 829 days ago · 65 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 830 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 830 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.8233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 830 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 830 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 830 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.1197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 831 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 831 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 831 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 831 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.2251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 831 days ago · 83 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 3.0193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 832 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.2202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 832 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.7199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 832 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 832 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 832 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away

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