M2.4 earthquake 290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 9:16 AM GMT+12 (21:16 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-11 21:16:38 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.142° N, 179.344° E
- 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 174 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 183 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.5252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 128.
Before
- 2.6243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 53 km deep · 21 km away
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