M2.2 earthquake 122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 2:01 AM HAST (12:01 UTC), 23 km (14 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
- 2017-01-15 12:01:05 UTC
- Depth
- 22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.228° N, 175.034° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 78 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2173 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.1120 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.295 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.588 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.466 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.056 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1173 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7108 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.944 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.369 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.481 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.660 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.549 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 2.147 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
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