M2.7 earthquake 70 km NE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 70 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 9:22 AM HADT (18:22 UTC), 226 km (140 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 44 km ESE 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
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-24 18:22:11 UTC
- Depth
- 225.6 km (140.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.231° N, 175.783° 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: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.033 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 133 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.056 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 149 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.269 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.528 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.044 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.427 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.585 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 184 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.529 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.522 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.347 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 188 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.726 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.973 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 194 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.941 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 238 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.752 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.672 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 231 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.722 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 196 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.726 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.256 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.830 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 102 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.171 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 190 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.666 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.454 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 150 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 2.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.731 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.14 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.033 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 211 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.351 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 154 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.965 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 238 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.271 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 220 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 147 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 160 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.453 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
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