M2.0 earthquake 89 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 89 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Feb 29, 2016, 7:47 AM HAST (17:47 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 75 km S of Atka, 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-29 17:47:46 UTC
- Depth
- 58.7 km (36.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.528° N, 175.467° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.289 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 143 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.059 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.468 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.685 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 220 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.578 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.485 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.194 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.397 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.588 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.096 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.960 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.683 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.366 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.892 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.848 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.643 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.293 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.293 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.552 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.882 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.796 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 59 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 52 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.485 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 55 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.867 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.752 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.716 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.338 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
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