M2.3 earthquake 99 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 99 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 6:12 PM HADT (03:12 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 76 km SSW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-18 03:12:08 UTC
- Depth
- 32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.362° N, 175.456° 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.628 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.822 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.493 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.255 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.189 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4113 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.676 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.388 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.690 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.396 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.890 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.735 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.652 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.871 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.480 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.848 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.685 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.394 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.294 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.686 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.799 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.447 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.171 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.583 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.184 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.631 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.715 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.697 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 131.
Before
- 1.870 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.066 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.357 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.378 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.359 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.971 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.192 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.290 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.999 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
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