M2.5 earthquake 242 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 242 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 10:15 PM GMT+12 (10:15 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 294 km W of Adak, 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
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-10 10:15:03 UTC
- Depth
- 174.2 km (108.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.082° N, 179.846° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1294 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 171 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 192 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.1223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 130 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 121 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8152 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 206 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0156 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 204 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 157 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 178 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 125 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.5252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
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