Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 245 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 245 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 5:39 AM GMT+12 (17:39 UTC), 157 km (98 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-05 17:39:38 UTC
Depth
157.0 km (97.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.011° N, 179.809° 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
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.6ML, 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 6.8 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
166°
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.2224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.3228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.8237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 663 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.1256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 3.1239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 170 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 657 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.0248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 175 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.0200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 654 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 651 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 649 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.2206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 647 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.5192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.1222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.7249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 641 days ago · 170 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.7264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 3.0257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 2.8215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 117 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 633 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 632 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 2.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 140 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.0224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.7212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 121 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.1260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 3.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.6284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.4225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.1275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 619 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 619 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.2239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 619 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.0268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 617 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 3.1255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 617 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.9264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 615 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 613 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 3.3256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 613 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 2.9292 km W of Adak, Alaska · 613 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 612 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 612 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 3.2204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 611 days ago · 172 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 3.1278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.2286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.3203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.4217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.7200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 670 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 670 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.2270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 182 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 175 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 671 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 672 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.3209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.2220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 673 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 673 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 676 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.8282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 680 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 681 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

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