M2.3 earthquake 43 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 43 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 27, 2017, 11:54 PM HAST (09:54 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 89 km E 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
- 2017-01-28 09:54:02 UTC
- Depth
- 28.3 km (17.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.571° N, 176.237° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 158 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.165 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.588 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.631 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.077 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.237 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 201 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.649 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 120 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.566 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 192 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.820 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.177 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.748 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.656 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.652 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 182 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
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