M2.0 earthquake 40 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:01 PM HADT (22:01 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 77 km ESE 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
- 2017-08-26 22:01:30 UTC
- Depth
- 25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.552° N, 176.911° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.090 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 165 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.812 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.292 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.377 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.791 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.690 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 156 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 194 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.378 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.789 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 3.5119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.855 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 178 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.958 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.672 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
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