Earthquake Swarm Emerges Southwest of Adak Island
![Figure 1: Alaska Earthquake Center’s online interactive earthquake map shows earthquakes from December 4–8, 2024, including the swarm southwest of Adak Island on December 8 (in red). Earthquake Swarm Emerges Southwest of Adak Island](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/screenshot.26-4.jpg)
Mid-day on Sunday, December 8, 2024, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake was recorded southwest of Atka Island in the western Aleutians (Figure 1). The earthquake triggered interest because of its significant size. Because it was offshore and no damage was reported, it did not, on its own, raise concern for the AEC. A handful of people […]