Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 128 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 128 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 15, 2017, 10:46 PM HADT (07:46 UTC), 24 km (15 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
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-16 07:46:28 UTC
Depth
24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.753° N, 178.492° 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
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 25 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.4124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 3.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.3129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 3.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 4.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.7134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.0120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.8122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 2.5127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 2.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.4127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 2.4136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 3.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 2.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 2.5133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 1.8134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 3.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 2.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 3.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.8135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 3.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.2134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.6134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.2122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.0121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.4124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.5131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away

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