Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 65 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 65 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 7:04 AM HAST (17:04 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km SW of Atka, 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
2024-03-07 17:04:43 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.490° N, 175.910° 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 · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.2ML, 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 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.996 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 3.041 km S of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.975 km S of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.028 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.188 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.184 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.074 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.084 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.693 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.192 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 939 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.169 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.168 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.694 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 937 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.296 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.034 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.066 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.038 km S of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.952 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 2.135 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.057 km S of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.966 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 934 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 3.579 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 934 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 934 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.066 km S of Adak, Alaska · 934 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 3.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 1.716 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.824 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.943 km E of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.279 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.586 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.178 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.123 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.751 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.857 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 928 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.759 km S of Adak, Alaska · 928 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.761 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 927 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.173 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 927 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.743 km S of Adak, Alaska · 927 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 3.3129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 926 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.4114 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 926 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.810 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 3.4103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 924 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 2.047 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 2.153 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 924 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 2.060 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 924 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 1.856 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.521 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.068 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.844 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 943 days ago · 137 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 944 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.956 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 944 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 3.061 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 945 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 3.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.950 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 946 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.846 km S of Adak, Alaska · 947 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 947 days ago · 175 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 947 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 947 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.957 km S of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 948 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 3.544 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 949 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away

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