M2.2 earthquake 66 km NNE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 66 km NNE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 3:58 PM HADT (00:58 UTC), 172 km (107 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 12 km E 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-15 00:58:45 UTC
- Depth
- 172.2 km (107.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.450° N, 176.384° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.316 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 178 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.559 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 191 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 165 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.684 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 227 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.812 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 156 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 194 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.669 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 189 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 147 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.939 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.143 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 166 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.936 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.67 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.223 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.575 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 244 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.985 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.337 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.882 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 255 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.816 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.745 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 180 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.992 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 226 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.936 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.227 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 3.984 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 191 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.022 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
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