Magnitude 3.0 - 54 miles E of Red Dog Mine site




May 9, 2024 01:42:34 AKDT (May 9, 2024 09:42:34 UTC)
67.8581°N 160.8298°W    Depth 1.9 miles (3 km)

This event has not been reviewed by a seismologist

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Tectonic Setting of Northwest Alaska

A wide, diffuse zone of seismicity extends from northwest Alaska across the Bering Strait into eastern Russia. This zone is believed to mark the northern boundary of the Bering microplate. Moderate-to-large normal faulting and strike-slip events have occurred in this region, including on the Seward Peninsula. The largest of these events was the 1958 M7.3 Huslia Earthquake. It was a normal faulting event that produced extensive failures in unconsolidated surficial deposits within a northeast-striking zone. In 2014, a vigorous earthquake swarm was recorded about 25 miles (40 km) north of Noatak on the Lisburne Peninsula.