Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 256 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 256 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:05 PM GMT+12 (05:05 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 272 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-11 05:05:01 UTC
Depth
59.1 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.513° N, 179.696° E
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.5218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 152 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 3.3183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.3292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.6299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 67 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.6296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.4293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.0259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, AK · 3423 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 3.0280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 2.0288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.3257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 57 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.2280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.2247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 2.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.3167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.4293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.3225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.8168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.5244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.5171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.7236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.7285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.4252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 2.0243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 3.2288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 2.4165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.5184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.8232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.9173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.9178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.8163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.4292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.5161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 5.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away

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