M2.4 earthquake 73 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 73 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 11:43 PM HAST (09:43 UTC), 57 km (35 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
- 2018-01-22 09:43:26 UTC
- Depth
- 56.7 km (35.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.696° N, 175.611° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 186 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.625 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.740 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.565 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.879 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 2.312 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.353 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.420 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.420 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.620 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.620 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.531 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.196 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.717 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.790 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.536 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.933 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.419 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 198 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 139.
Before
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
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