Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 193 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 193 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 12:12 PM HADT (21:12 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 229 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-26 21:12:11 UTC
Depth
119.8 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.776° N, 179.437° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 97 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.2242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.4260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.5175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 149 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.0185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 237 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.4143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.9277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 187 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.8108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 4.2250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 184 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.8259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.3168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.6256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 193 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.0227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.7271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 3.1143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.2132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 3.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 3.8139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.4282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 177 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 2.2135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.4114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.9150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.1162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.3116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 2.7140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 5.0153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 95 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.8271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 4.0276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.3227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.9103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.2185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 2.2231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 3.0256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 155 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.2272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.6275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.3235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.3144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away

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