M2.1 earthquake 98 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 98 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 9, 2016, 7:33 AM HADT (16:33 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 56 km SE 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
- 2016-09-09 16:33:48 UTC
- Depth
- 49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.350° N, 175.484° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.453 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.14 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.731 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.056 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 149 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.269 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.528 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.044 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.082 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.529 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.347 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 188 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7162 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.046 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.393 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.726 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.490 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.787 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.256 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.830 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.574 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.736 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.448 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.790 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.281 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.635 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
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