Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 88 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 88 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 6:53 PM HAST (04:53 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 51 km S of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-01 04:53:46 UTC
Depth
29.4 km (18.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.419° N, 175.579° 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
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 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 7.0 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.971 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 637 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.261 km S of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.060 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.086 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 635 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.123 km S of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.426 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.987 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.179 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.866 km E of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 159 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.551 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.671 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.344 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 3.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.166 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.390 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.951 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 2.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 2.162 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.261 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.250 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 2.147 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 626 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.174 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 2.241 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.66 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 2.033 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.96 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.949 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 1.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 1.840 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.949 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.924 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.370 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 161 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.373 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 175 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.1103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.075 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 2.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 1.970 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 620 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.971 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 620 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 620 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 2.865 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 620 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.855 km W of Atka, Alaska · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.367 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 619 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 1.857 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 618 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.648 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 617 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 2.655 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 178 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.854 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.572 km S of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.867 km S of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.382 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.3104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.0101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.132 km S of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.368 km S of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.946 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.251 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 644 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.620 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 644 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.219 km S of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.870 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 645 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 3.377 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away

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