M2.2 earthquake 18 km N of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 18 km N of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 6:02 AM HAST (16:02 UTC), 127 km (79 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-21 16:02:06 UTC
- Depth
- 127.4 km (79.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.036° N, 176.632° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.380 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 73 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.636 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.921 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.772 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 182 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.652 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 182 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.656 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.884 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.986 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.784 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.986 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.088 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.384 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.485 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.885 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.081 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 218 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.991 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.186 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 166 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.065 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.063 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 207 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
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