M2.2 earthquake 236 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 236 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 2:10 PM HAST (00:10 UTC), 13 km (8 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-22 00:10:35 UTC
- Depth
- 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.711° N, 179.955° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 149 km deep · 58 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 · 32 km away
- 3.8274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 93 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 173 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.8180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 218 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 145 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 122 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 141 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 255 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7151 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 91 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 76 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 236 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 3.0172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.2174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 123 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.6292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.3210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
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