M2.3 earthquake 80 km NE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 80 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 2:28 PM HAST (00:28 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 72 km NNE of Adak, 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-26 00:28:00 UTC
- Depth
- 106.1 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.284° N, 175.666° 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: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.616 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.921 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.772 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 182 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.123 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.656 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.081 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 218 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.177 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 128 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.820 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.874 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 178 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.660 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 172 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.631 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 123 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.218 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 127 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 166 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.063 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 207 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.236 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 198 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.422 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.036 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 227 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0122 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 187 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.018 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.986 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 235 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
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