M2.3 earthquake 64 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 64 km E of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 2, 2016, 1:14 PM HAST (23:14 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 72 km NNE 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
- 2016-12-02 23:14:41 UTC
- Depth
- 22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.771° N, 175.706° 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: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.036 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 227 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.125 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.665 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.422 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1110 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 128 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.236 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 198 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6136 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.063 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 207 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.046 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 58 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 166 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.218 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 127 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.380 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.921 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.772 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 182 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.656 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 79.
Before
- 2.343 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.018 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.1111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.986 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 235 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.439 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
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