M2.4 earthquake 140 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 140 km WNW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jul 17, 2016, 5:48 AM HADT (14:48 UTC), 163 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 87 km WSW of Adak, 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-17 14:48:59 UTC
- Depth
- 162.7 km (101.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.357° N, 178.530° 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: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.787 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 164 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2151 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 171 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 188 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 147 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 1.6121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.656 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.896 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 170 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.575 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.478 km W of Adak, AK · 3742 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 164 km deep · 78 km away
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