M2.3 earthquake 78 km NNE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 78 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 1:13 AM HAST (11:13 UTC), 203 km (126 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 88 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-10 11:13:33 UTC
- Depth
- 202.7 km (126.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.470° N, 176.027° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.078 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 220 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.448 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 180 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8100 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 221 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5124 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 251 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.951 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.958 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.695 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 143 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.368 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.361 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 160 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.275 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 155 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.377 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 181 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.575 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 173 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.539 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 182 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.399 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 240 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.676 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 2.150 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3954 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.261 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 151 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.255 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.727 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 258 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.350 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3960 days ago · 214 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.114 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 255 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.258 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.452 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3964 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.957 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3964 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.370 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3968 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.381 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3969 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.878 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 236 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 199 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
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