Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 24 km NNE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 24 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 1:26 PM HADT (22:26 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 68 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-29 22:26:31 UTC
Depth
105.9 km (65.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.079° N, 176.503° 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
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
2.9ML, 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, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
31

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.636 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.829 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.872 km E of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.552 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.917 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 131 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 3.073 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 215 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.833 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.956 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.165 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 156 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.558 km E of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 3.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.785 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 3.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.677 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.941 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.056 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.667 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.828 km E of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 87 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.767 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.048 km E of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.810 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.128 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.864 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.957 km E of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.792 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.019 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 134 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 2.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.844 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 3.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.076 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.732 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 1.869 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.652 km E of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.836 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 749 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.745 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 2.071 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 3.226 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 3.132 km N of Adak, Alaska · 745 days ago · 232 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.854 km E of Adak, Alaska · 745 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.563 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 766 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.179 km E of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.348 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 178 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.677 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.742 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.879 km E of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.651 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.050 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.557 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.035 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.928 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.569 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away

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