M2.1 earthquake 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 6:47 PM GMT-12 (06:47 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 219 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-08 06:47:26 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.984° N, 179.822° 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: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 120 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
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