M2.4 earthquake 61 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 61 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 8:49 PM HAST (06:49 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 88 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-10 06:49:18 UTC
- Depth
- 46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.435° N, 176.097° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.867 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1108 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.271 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.448 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 180 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.951 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.958 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.760 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.496 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.368 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.377 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.690 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.671 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.697 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0117 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.753 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.032 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.638 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2108 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3954 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.150 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3954 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.261 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 151 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.255 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 127 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.727 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 258 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.293 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.956 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.443 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.726 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
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