M2.4 earthquake 230 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 230 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 3:07 PM HADT (00:07 UTC), 67 km (42 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
- 2016-08-31 00:07:44 UTC
- Depth
- 67.2 km (41.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.547° N, 179.924° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 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 · 59 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 183 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 79 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 119 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 149 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 237 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 66 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 188 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
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