M2.1 earthquake 188 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 188 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jul 2, 2016, 2:30 PM HADT (23:30 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 170 km SSW 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
- 2016-07-02 23:30:03 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.209° N, 176.132° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.097 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.2164 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3202 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9170 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4167 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1157 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 2.3187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.689 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6134 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.390 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0168gor9jj (also filed as ak13735652). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC.