M2.3 earthquake 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 12:38 PM HADT (21:38 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-26 21:38:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.083° N, 176.158° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.726 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.490 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.256 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.574 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.259 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.171 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3133 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.786 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.666 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.6163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.663 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.439 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7166 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.343 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.125 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.665 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.422 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 4.066 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.852 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.770 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.572 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7162 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.347 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.522 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.529 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
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