M2.6 earthquake 37 km N of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 37 km N of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 19, 2017, 3:20 AM HADT (12:20 UTC), 170 km (105 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 87 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-19 12:20:27 UTC
- Depth
- 169.5 km (105.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.209° N, 176.691° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.661 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.047 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 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 · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.787 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.380 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.552 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.357 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.920 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.755 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.633 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.550 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.347 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.729 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.349 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.073 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.683 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 235 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.722 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.695 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.143 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.568 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.636 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 137 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.951 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.751 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.563 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.867 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.547 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.850 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 2.581 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 203 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.567 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 157 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.750 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.144 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.950 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.975 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.472 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 151 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.033 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.917 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
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