M2.3 earthquake 218 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 218 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 9:44 PM HAST (07:44 UTC), 76 km (47 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-17 07:44:32 UTC
- Depth
- 75.9 km (47.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.671° N, 179.777° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.0172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 149 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.8274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 166 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 128 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 140.
Before
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 63 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 123 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
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