Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:39 PM HAST (09:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-11 09:39:49 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.056° N, 175.949° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.831 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.153 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.196 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.280 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.260 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.196 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.6119 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.7108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.9102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 57 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.148 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 2.512 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 131.

Before

  1. 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.042 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.975 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.076 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.366 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.173 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.370 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.777 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.479 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.1145 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.5170 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away

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