M2.3 earthquake 79 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 79 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 5:35 PM HAST (03:35 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 161 km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-21 03:35:41 UTC
- Depth
- 83.3 km (51.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.768° N, 177.779° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.950 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.836 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0161 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.376 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.595 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.551 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 130 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.236 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.079 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 61 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7151 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 196 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.057 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.732 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 89 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.2161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
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