M2.5 earthquake 259 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 259 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 5, 2016, 10:49 PM GMT+12 (10:49 UTC), 183 km (114 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 269 km W 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
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-05 10:49:19 UTC
- Depth
- 183.3 km (113.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.065° N, 179.599° E
- 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.0297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 162 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 171 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 129 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 188 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 133 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 183 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 1.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 126 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 208 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
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