M2.8 earthquake 203 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 203 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 8, 2017, 5:01 AM HAST (15:01 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 288 km S 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-08 15:01:38 UTC
- Depth
- 25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.064° N, 177.011° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8172 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.4288 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1166 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5189 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017dh8kob (also filed as ak15069037). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.