M2.1 earthquake 124 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 124 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Oct 2, 2017, 9:28 PM HADT (06:28 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km WSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-03 06:28:35 UTC
- Depth
- 14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.674° N, 178.406° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.660 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.964 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.578 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.0139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.1136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 71 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.957 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.3124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.5108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.569 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
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