M2.2 earthquake 212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 5:48 PM HADT (02:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 290 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-15 02:48:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.351° N, 179.578° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 171 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 188 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 183 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 147 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 162 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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