M2.1 earthquake 52 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 52 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 8, 2017, 4:13 AM HAST (14:13 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 89 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-08 14:13:12 UTC
- Depth
- 32.9 km (20.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.551° N, 176.078° 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: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.327 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.921 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.656 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.748 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.177 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.820 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 158 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.165 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.636 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.616 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.380 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.218 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 166 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 69 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
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