Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 18, 2016, 12:04 AM HADT (09:04 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-18 09:04:00 UTC
Depth
38.6 km (24.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.285° N, 178.267° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Stations used
21

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.387 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.881 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.0195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 3.1136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.6198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.362 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.8132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 2.0130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.672 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.5103 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 210 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.7123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.7186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.2184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 2.5148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.8132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.4107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.0135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.8107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 2.2121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.2166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 2.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.497 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 1.9160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.7209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 2.038 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.7121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 2.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 1.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.5176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.2119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.2111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.072 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.1113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 3.9182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.967 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.9179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.1107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away

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