M2.3 earthquake 167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 30, 2017, 12:36 AM HADT (09:36 UTC), 22 km (14 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-30 09:36:47 UTC
- Depth
- 21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.403° N, 178.931° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.6119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
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