M2.1 earthquake 230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 8:08 PM HAST (06:08 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 148 km WSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-27 06:08:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.249° N, 179.809° 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 236 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.3142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.7195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.1170 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 2.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 122 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 145 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.8180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 218 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 173 km deep · 89 km away
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