Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 6:51 PM HAST (04:51 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-30 04:51:58 UTC
Depth
19.1 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.365° N, 178.607° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.4ML, 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 2.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.9168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.9144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.0119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.9144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 3.3136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.879 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.6171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 3.7178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.1175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.883 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.4119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.9162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.1119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 2.1136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 2.082 km W of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 2.6176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.283 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 3.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 3.7160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.3142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 3.8146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.2144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.2142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.1104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.667 km W of Adak, Alaska · 969 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.174 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 968 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.2107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 968 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.3223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 967 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.589 km W of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.0230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.3228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 1.659 km W of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · -2 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.2164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 2.5149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.7146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.8148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 3.2150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 1.7148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 3.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 1.9147 km W of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 2.5181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 2.0105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.6226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.875 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.9118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 2.2158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.0103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.1175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.995 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 978 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.0212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 980 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.5217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 984 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 988 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.4217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 990 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 993 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.7222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 995 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.764 km W of Adak, Alaska · 997 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.2237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.079 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.8135 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m0cp (also filed as ak0241dot79j). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.