M2.4 earthquake 254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 17, 2017, 4:48 AM GMT+12 (16:48 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-16 16:48:52 UTC
- Depth
- 42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.301° N, 179.813° 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 183 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 172 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.5252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 174 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 126.
Before
- 2.1184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 174 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.9293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
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