M2.4 earthquake 219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 4:49 AM HAST (14:49 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 278 km WSW 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
- 2016-03-08 14:49:46 UTC
- Depth
- 94.1 km (58.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.196° N, 179.598° 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: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.8255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.6278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.7289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.4288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.3286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.0282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.2286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.8177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 190 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.2226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.9274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
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