Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 3:41 PM GMT+12 (03:41 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-06-01 03:41:17 UTC
Depth
55.6 km (34.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.386° N, 179.748° E
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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.6ML, 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 3.9 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.7291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 852 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.0176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 851 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 851 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 850 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.8238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 850 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 849 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.8268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 849 days ago · 53 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.0223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 3.4272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.4266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.2268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.2267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.5242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.7279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.9283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.0244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 847 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 1.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.7243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 847 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 846 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.7229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 846 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 846 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 846 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.1239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 845 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 2.0255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 845 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 3.6220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 845 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 845 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 845 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 844 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 844 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.0173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 844 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 844 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.2233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 843 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.2194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 843 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.3243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 843 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.9256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 843 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 843 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 3.2182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 842 days ago · 161 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 842 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.9289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 842 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 3.3213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 842 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 841 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.7222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 841 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 3.1217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 841 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 841 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 1.7183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 841 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 840 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.2236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 840 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.9231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 840 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 840 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 3.1228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 839 days ago · 186 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.2170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 853 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.5239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 853 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.8267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.3178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 857 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 857 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.9220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.3223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 3.9259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 179 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.8236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.8247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 860 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.1212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mxvr (also filed as ak0247139826). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.