M2.3 earthquake 168 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 168 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 1:52 AM HADT (10:52 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 229 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
- 2016-10-18 10:52:14 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.762° N, 179.078° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 193 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 124 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 80 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 177 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 74 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.7140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.0153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 95 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 155 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 157 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 89 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.4211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 97 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.2229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.396 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 2.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 184 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 237 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.890 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
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