M2.0 earthquake 162 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 162 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 7, 2017, 1:49 AM HADT (10:49 UTC), 26 km (16 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-07 10:49:46 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.797° N, 178.204° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 188 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.3136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 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 · 82 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017a2cxxwl (also filed as ak16473808). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:23 AM UTC.