During the week of December 16, 2024, the Alaska Earthquake Center reported 685 earthquakes within the state. The largest earthquake was magnitude 5.2 that occurred on December 21 at 18:56:03 AKST (December 22, 03:56:03 UTC), 68 miles S of Akhiok. This event was felt on Kodiak Island.

On December 19th at 19:03:22 AKST, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred 19 miles southeast of Redoubt Volcano. The USGS recorded 353 felt reports throughout Cook Inlet.

The swarm activity south of Kodiak continued with 6 earthquakes, three of which were above a magnitude 4.9. The largest event was the magnitude 5.2 earthquake reported above.

Icequake activity increased this week with 18 recorded events. Additionally 4 mining blasts were recorded this week.