M2.3 earthquake 70 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 70 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 5, 2017, 9:05 PM HAST (07:05 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 km SW of Atka, 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
- 2017-12-06 07:05:56 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.375° N, 176.015° 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: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.173 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.366 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.931 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.076 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.761 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.042 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.831 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.153 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.280 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.196 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6119 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.426 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.148 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 165.
Before
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.662 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 239 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.777 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.479 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1145 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5170 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.079 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.236 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.985 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.744 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.582 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.687 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.376 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
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