M2.1 earthquake 110 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 110 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 7, 2016, 2:55 AM HAST (12:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-07 12:55:07 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.053° N, 175.743° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.729 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.6136 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8172 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2173 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.748 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.820 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 158 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.165 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.422 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.665 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7166 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.439 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
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