M3.2 earthquake 282 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 282 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 3:48 AM GMT+12 (15:48 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 100.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nse2 (also filed as ak024d3ldqno). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC.