Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 82 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 82 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 4, 2024, 5:43 PM HAST (03:43 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 42 km S 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
2024-11-05 03:43:37 UTC
Depth
40.6 km (25.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.435° N, 175.682° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.4ML, 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 5.3 km horizontally, 26.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
227°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.482 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 696 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.185 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 696 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.892 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 696 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.087 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 695 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 694 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.068 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 694 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 693 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 3.254 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 693 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 693 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.742 km S of Adak, Alaska · 693 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.8106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.990 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.956 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 691 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.923 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.338 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 166 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.642 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.939 km S of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.045 km W of Atka, Alaska · 691 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.979 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 691 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.669 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 690 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 3.2111 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 689 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 3.2125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 689 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.894 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 689 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 2.668 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 689 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.154 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.888 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.865 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.2163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 3.451 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.032 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · -2 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.035 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.264 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.959 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 3.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.944 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.832 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.072 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.070 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 683 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 2.697 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.184 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 1.971 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 3.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 2.160 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.584 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.614 km W of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · -2 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.663 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 681 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.183 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 681 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 2.064 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 681 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 3.177 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 3.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.397 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 679 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 679 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 185.

Before

  1. 2.883 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 696 days ago · 48 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.063 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 697 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.260 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 697 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.784 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.292 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.985 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.491 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.876 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.677 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 1.775 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.563 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.673 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.983 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 3.490 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.245 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 698 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.892 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 698 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nyeq (also filed as ak024e8qn6ns). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC.