M2.4 earthquake 65 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 24, 2017, 5:33 AM HAST (15:33 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 22 km SSW 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-24 15:33:24 UTC
- Depth
- 65.5 km (40.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.762° N, 177.568° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3128 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 72 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.995 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 166 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.476 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.668 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.358 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.441 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.148 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
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