M2.1 earthquake 238 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 238 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 11:56 PM GMT+12 (11:56 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 209 km W 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
- 2017-11-20 11:56:54 UTC
- Depth
- 63.0 km (39.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.603° N, 179.942° E
- 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 156 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.3210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.2174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.0172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.4219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 149 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.8274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 72 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 173 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 2.5168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 192 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 222 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 193 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
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