M2.1 earthquake 65 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 65 km S of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 8:15 PM HAST (06:15 UTC), 41 km (25 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-02 06:15:03 UTC
- Depth
- 40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.295° N, 176.497° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.389 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.631 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.077 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.237 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 201 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.649 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7108 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.970 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 2.3106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 158 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
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