Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 287 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 287 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 5, 2024, 4:39 PM GMT+12 (04:39 UTC), 60 km (38 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-05 04:39:26 UTC
Depth
60.4 km (37.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.527° N, 179.242° 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 · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.5ML, 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 4.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 757 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.3247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.5274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 755 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.6240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 181 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 753 days ago · 142 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.0195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.7211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.2257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 752 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 752 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.1210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.6207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.1284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 56 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.2267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 3.5297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.8280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.1244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 750 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 750 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 750 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 749 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 748 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 54 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 3.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 5.0214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 167 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.1202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 745 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 744 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 743 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.1243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.2291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.2200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.9266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 742 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.9221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 742 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.5263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 742 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 1.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 741 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 740 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.8258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 740 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 739 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 738 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 738 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 738 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.6208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 737 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 736 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 735 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 4.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 758 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 759 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 759 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.7202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.3239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 165 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.5293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.0297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.6244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 172 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.8256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.5232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away

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