M2.9 earthquake 264 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 264 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 11:42 AM GMT+12 (23:42 UTC), 178 km (111 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 214 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 126.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ntxj (also filed as ak024ae5eh8u). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.