M2.1 earthquake 287 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 287 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 1, 2016, 11:50 PM GMT+12 (11:50 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-01 11:50:28 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.614° N, 179.228° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 133 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 183 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 128 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 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 · 76 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 187 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 95 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 137 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 188 km deep · 84 km away
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