M2.1 earthquake 128 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 128 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 10:22 PM HADT (07:22 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.
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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
- 2017-08-30 07:22:18 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.172° N, 175.157° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.781 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.979 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.789 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3151 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 194 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.362 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.477 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.473 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.359 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.784 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.442 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.969 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.991 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.981 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1100 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.762 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.653 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.275 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.579 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.282 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 66.
Before
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8155 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
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