M2.2 earthquake 87 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 87 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 20, 2017, 4:46 AM HAST (14:46 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 89 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2017-01-20 14:46:06 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.604° N, 175.447° 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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.656 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.748 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.177 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.820 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 158 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.165 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1120 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.295 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.588 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.631 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 52 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.237 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 201 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.649 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.566 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 192 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 87.
Before
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.022 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.921 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
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