Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 133 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 133 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 8, 2017, 11:56 AM HADT (20:56 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 127 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-08 20:56:10 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.856° N, 178.567° 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
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 3.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 3.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 3.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 3.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 3.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 4.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 3.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 3.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 3.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 3.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.0121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 4.0137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 3.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 3.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 4.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 3.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 3.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 3.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 2.4123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 3.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 2.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 2.7147 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 3.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 3.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 4.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 3.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 4.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 2.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.3142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 3.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 3.4131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 3.4131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 4.4129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 3.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0175w1146v (also filed as ak16116984). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.