M2.1 earthquake 183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 25, 2016, 11:46 PM HADT (08:46 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 110 km SW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-26 08:46:43 UTC
- Depth
- 22.7 km (14.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.388° N, 179.171° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 147 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.890 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 188 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 171 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away · tsunami flag
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