M2.1 earthquake 32 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 32 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 17, 2016, 3:47 AM HADT (12:47 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 39 km SW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-17 12:47:03 UTC
- Depth
- 40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.609° N, 176.840° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.336 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.976 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.643 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.387 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.881 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.285 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.521 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 140 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.362 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.055 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.328 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.497 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.935 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.038 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.390 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.750 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 184 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.562 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.358 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.965 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 169.
Before
- 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.072 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.530 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.967 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
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