M2.1 earthquake 40 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jun 5, 2016, 12:58 PM HADT (21:58 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 130 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-05 21:58:16 UTC
- Depth
- 49.5 km (30.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.631° N, 177.079° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.038 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 54 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.390 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.750 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.562 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.358 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.965 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.916 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.550 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.957 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.946 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.859 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 54 km deep · 2 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.677 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.040 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.355 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.796 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.741 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.543 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.978 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.935 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.497 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5103 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 210 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
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