M2.1 earthquake 119 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 119 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 12:18 AM HADT (09:18 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 125 km WSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-12 09:18:53 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.194° N, 177.969° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7118 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
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