M2.5 earthquake 67 km NNE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 67 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 17, 2017, 4:59 PM HADT (01:59 UTC), 157 km (98 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
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-18 01:59:45 UTC
- Depth
- 157.2 km (97.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.392° N, 176.135° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.581 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 203 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.637 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 170 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.388 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.789 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.724 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.487 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.787 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.380 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.387 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.393 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.556 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.920 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.962 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.755 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.633 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.656 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.347 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.729 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.683 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 235 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.722 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.695 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.584 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.886 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.636 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 137 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.057 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 228 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.951 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.867 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6159 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 227 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.550 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.853 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.423 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.764 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 172 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.552 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.070 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.950 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.472 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 151 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.686 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.033 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.917 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.142 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.456 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 240 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 91 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.346 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 141 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
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