Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 1:53 PM GMT+12 (01:53 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 272 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-09 01:53:55 UTC
Depth
58.1 km (36.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.418° N, 179.709° E
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
23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.3184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.7181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.7238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.5219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.4261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 63 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.4185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.5229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 171 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.9263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 1.9263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 2.5284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 1.9266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.0217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.1258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 68 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.9189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.1206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.8205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 5.0272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 159 km deep · 87 km away · tsunami flag
  38. 3.1166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.5163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 3.7256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 3.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 75 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 1.9179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.1285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.9169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.7238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.9170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.4262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.1223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.6282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.8285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.9272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.6298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 3.2288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.0243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.4252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.7285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.7236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.5171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.5244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away

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