Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 249 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 249 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 11:31 PM GMT+12 (11:31 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 11:31 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2017-01-15 11:31:50 UTC
Depth: 187.4 km (116.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.066° N, 179.742° E
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: 15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017ozsq6j (also filed as ak15104844, us10007u6u). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.