M2.3 earthquake 127 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 127 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 9, 2017, 10:56 PM HADT (07:56 UTC), 10 km (6 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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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
- 2017-05-10 07:56:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.688° N, 178.454° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.4131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.1134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.3125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.3121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.5133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.3121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.5133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
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