Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 51 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 51 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 4, 2024, 7:29 PM HADT (04:29 UTC), 155 km (97 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 66 km W 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
2024-05-05 04:29:30 UTC
Depth
155.4 km (96.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.146° N, 176.020° 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
2.7ML, 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 14.9 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
21

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 881 days ago · 138 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.130 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 880 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.942 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 880 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.053 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 880 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.961 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 204 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.041 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 879 days ago · 189 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.865 km S of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.845 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 879 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.037 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 878 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.643 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 878 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.751 km W of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 176 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.957 km S of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.645 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 148 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 877 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.553 km W of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.838 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.420 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 143 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.630 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 4.953 km E of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 142 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.87 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.739 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.635 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.957 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 869 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.141 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 149 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.814 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.647 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.631 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.570 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.65 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 3.071 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 182 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.166 km S of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 1.930 km S of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.568 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.486 km W of Atka, Alaska · 863 days ago · 158 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.866 km N of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 233 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 863 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.643 km W of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 2.175 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 3.024 km W of Atka, Alaska · 861 days ago · 209 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 3.070 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 881 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.183 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.593 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 883 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 883 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.156 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 884 days ago · 149 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.856 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 884 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 3.129 km W of Atka, Alaska · 884 days ago · 227 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.468 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 885 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.767 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 885 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.056 km W of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.498 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.328 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.231 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 145 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.742 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.965 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.645 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 888 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.649 km S of Adak, Alaska · 888 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away

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