Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 18, 2017, 9:53 AM GMT-12 (21:53 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-18 21:53:09 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.984° N, 179.837° W
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
20

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, AK · 3423 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.0280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.0288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.3257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.2280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.2247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.3167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.7150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.5295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.4293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.3225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.8168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.5244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.5171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.7236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.7285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.0243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 3.2288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 4.6298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.9272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.8285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 2.6282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 3.1223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 3.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.4262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 2.8258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.3184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.7181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.7238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.5219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.4261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 2.4185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.9263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 1.9263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.5284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.9266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.0217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 2.1258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 1.9189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.1206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.8205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 3.1166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 3.7256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 2.0259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.4293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.6296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.6299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.3292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.9298 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 3.3183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away

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