Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 12:08 AM HAST (10:08 UTC), 31 km (19 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
2024-03-10 10:08:24 UTC
Depth
30.8 km (19.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.143° N, 175.964° 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
2.3ML, 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 8.1 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
253°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.192 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.168 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 934 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 933 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.694 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.296 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.034 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.038 km S of Adak, Alaska · 932 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.952 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.057 km S of Adak, Alaska · 931 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.579 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.066 km S of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.824 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.943 km E of Adak, Alaska · 929 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.4174 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.586 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 2.178 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.123 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.751 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.857 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.5172 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.759 km S of Adak, Alaska · 924 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.761 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 923 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.173 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 923 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.743 km S of Adak, Alaska · 923 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 3.3129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.4114 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.810 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 921 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 921 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 3.4103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 920 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.047 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 920 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 2.153 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 920 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 2.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 920 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 919 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.969 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 919 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 919 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 1.531 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.844 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 917 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 3.566 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 917 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 917 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 2.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 917 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 2.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 917 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.584 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 916 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.169 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 916 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 3.125 km S of Adak, Alaska · 916 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.753 km S of Adak, Alaska · 915 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 915 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.814 km S of Adak, Alaska · 915 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.298 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 915 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.178 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 915 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.084 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 935 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.028 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.975 km S of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.041 km S of Adak, Alaska · 936 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 937 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.996 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.573 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.856 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.521 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 3.068 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.956 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 940 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.061 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away

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