M2.3 earthquake 61 km NNE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 61 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 1:18 PM HAST (23:18 UTC), 160 km (100 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 90 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
- 2016-01-09 23:18:02 UTC
- Depth
- 160.2 km (99.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.346° N, 176.175° 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.636 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.032 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.638 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.275 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 155 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.575 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 173 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.539 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 182 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.399 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 240 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.676 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.835 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.330 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.220 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 172 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.674 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 208 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.620 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.075 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 152 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.382 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.961 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 146 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.386 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.740 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.338 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.716 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.311 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.867 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 71.
Before
- 1.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.080 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.368 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.496 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.695 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 143 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.951 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5124 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3942 days ago · 251 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8100 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 221 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.448 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 180 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.078 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 220 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
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