Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 10, 2017, 12:05 PM HADT (21:05 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 127 km WSW 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
2017-05-10 21:05:52 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.611° N, 178.415° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.1137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.0137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 3.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.4132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 3.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.1129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.4132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 3.6120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 2.4126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.3124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.3122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.4165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 3.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 3.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 2.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 2.5127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 1.9123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 4.8138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 3.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 3.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 4.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 3.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.3127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 2.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 3.3132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 2.4129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.7127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 2.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 3.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 3.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.3132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 3.1134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 3.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 3.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.5136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 3.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.4129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away

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