M2.4 earthquake 290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 8:13 AM GMT+12 (20:13 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2016-08-30 20:13:31 UTC
- Depth
- 22.2 km (13.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.196° N, 179.328° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 183 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 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 · 89 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.6275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 187 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
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