M2.1 earthquake 215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 6, 2017, 7:51 AM HADT (16:51 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 125 km WSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-06 16:51:57 UTC
- Depth
- 13.6 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.977° N, 179.378° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 167 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0162 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9137 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.3136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
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