M2.3 earthquake 61 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 4:04 AM HADT (13:04 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km WSW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-23 13:04:16 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.611° N, 177.412° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.1161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.797 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.796 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 84 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.684 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.462 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.418 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.726 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.648 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 183 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.986 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.269 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
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