M2.3 earthquake 144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 11:36 PM HADT (08:36 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 153 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-16 08:36:40 UTC
- Depth
- 53.8 km (33.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.252° N, 178.458° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.890 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 51 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.792 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.5110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9135 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2138 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7132 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1128 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7138 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1124 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.792 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.579 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7137 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.890 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.554 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 147 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
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