M2.5 earthquake 70 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 70 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 5:59 PM HADT (02:59 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-25 02:59:10 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.295° N, 177.039° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations |
| 2.0 | 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 3.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 222°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 133 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.049 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.592 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.552 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.655 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.755 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.5128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.771 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 798 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 797 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 797 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 797 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 797 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 797 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.099 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.067 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 796 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.985 km S of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.6103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.321 km S of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.833 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 795 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 52 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.2131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 794 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.517 km S of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.686 km W of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.596 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 793 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.859 km S of Adak, Alaska · 792 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.949 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 792 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 792 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.241 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.647 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 790 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 789 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.694 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.179 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.632 km E of Adak, Alaska · 787 days ago · 134 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.574 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.794 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.042 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.871 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 800 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.673 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 801 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 802 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.739 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 802 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 802 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
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