M2.3 earthquake 275 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 275 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 5:32 PM GMT+12 (05:32 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2017-02-13 05:32:15 UTC
- Depth
- 57.8 km (35.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.511° N, 179.428° E
- 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 59 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.9251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 182 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 145 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 139 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.8197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.8269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 89 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 92 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
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