M2.0 earthquake 70 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 70 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 17, 2017, 6:58 AM HADT (15:58 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 88 km WSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-17 15:58:15 UTC
- Depth
- 58.1 km (36.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.723° N, 175.648° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.144 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.750 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.567 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 157 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.581 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 203 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.637 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 170 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.378 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.661 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.388 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.789 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.724 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.650 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.487 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.787 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.391 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 52 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.598 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.380 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.387 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.393 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.153 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.556 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.552 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.920 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.962 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.755 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.633 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.550 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.656 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.347 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.729 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.349 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.683 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 235 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.722 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.195 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.868 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.594 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.472 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 151 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.686 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.366 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.917 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.456 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 240 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 91 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
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