M2.5 earthquake 211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 5:22 PM HAST (03:22 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 203 km WSW of Adak, 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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.4	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: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 92.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nvt4 (also filed as ak024fkp3kif). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC.