Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 106 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 106 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Nov 8, 2024, 8:56 PM HAST (06:56 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 108 km SSW of Adak, 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
2024-11-09 06:56:35 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.346° N, 177.910° 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 · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.2ML, 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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
232°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 135 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.5177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.778 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.657 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 692 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.939 km S of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.592 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 691 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.957 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 690 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.983 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 690 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.1137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 690 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 690 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 689 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.7136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 689 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.4149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.2144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 3.451 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.778 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 3.5162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 4.7134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  21. 5.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.3118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 2.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.4165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 3.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.4115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 685 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.075 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 685 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.832 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 685 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 2.1116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.3186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.698 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 684 days ago · 60 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.9109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 1.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.862 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 683 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.160 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.614 km W of Adak, Alaska · 682 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 1.9121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 678 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.994 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 677 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 2.1103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 676 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 2.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 676 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 676 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 676 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 675 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 673 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 673 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.657 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.1146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 3.2143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.2169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 2.2194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 672 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.3148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.1122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.157 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 669 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.742 km S of Adak, Alaska · 693 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.1139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 693 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 694 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 694 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.4139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 694 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 694 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.7140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 695 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.6110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 695 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.4143 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 695 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 696 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.8197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 696 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.2196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 696 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.2161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.298 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 697 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.6116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.196 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.659 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.5138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.175 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 698 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nz8x (also filed as ak024efenmkf). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC.