Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 97 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 97 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 10:19 PM HAST (08:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 65 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-11-22 08:19:18 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.276° N, 175.606° 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
3.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 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 3.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 153 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 679 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.081 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.7104 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.886 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 678 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.172 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.095 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.147 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 678 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 3.0107 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.084 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.996 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.0102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.339 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 127 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.694 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.035 km E of Adak, Alaska · 677 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.357 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 676 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.67 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.071 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 671 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 3.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.050 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.050 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.7177 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.157 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 668 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.116 km S of Adak, Alaska · 668 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.638 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 667 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 666 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.066 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 666 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 1.934 km S of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 665 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 2.258 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 2.76 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 664 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.863 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.941 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.140 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.571 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.971 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.587 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.088 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 2.084 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 662 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.981 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 661 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.068 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 661 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.087 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 661 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 661 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.043 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 661 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 2.9166 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 660 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 659 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.053 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 659 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 659 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 3.045 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 658 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.698 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 3.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.177 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.064 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 681 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.183 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 681 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.663 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 681 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.584 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.971 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.184 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.697 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.070 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 683 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.072 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.832 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.959 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.264 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away

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