M2.4 earthquake 187 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 187 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 12:48 AM HADT (09:48 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 250 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-17 09:48:52 UTC
- Depth
- 170.6 km (106.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.955° N, 179.349° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 188 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 183 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 147 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 87.
Before
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
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