M2.2 earthquake 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 12:35 PM GMT-12 (00:35 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-13 00:35:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.962° N, 179.832° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1186 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7198 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0158 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 73.
Before
- 2.4257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
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