M2.1 earthquake 295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 6:15 AM GMT+12 (18:15 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-27 18:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.093° N, 179.304° 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.5198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 178 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 2.2292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.5285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
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