Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 8, 2017, 10:03 AM HADT (19:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 127 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-08 19:03:50 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.411° N, 178.459° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.3128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 3.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 3.4137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 3.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 3.0133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 3.1142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 3.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 3.3132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 2.7137 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 3.0133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 3.0129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 3.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 3.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 4.2134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 5.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 4.9137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 4.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 2.9140 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 3.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 3.4129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 2.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 3.0133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 2.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 3.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.5139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 3.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 3.1122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 2.1126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 3.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 4.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 3.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 3.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 3.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 4.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 4.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 3.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 3.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 4.4129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.4145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.3129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.6137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 4.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 3.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.4124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 3.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

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