M2.3 earthquake 167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 8:54 AM HAST (18:54 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 111 km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-28 18:54:25 UTC
- Depth
- 66.9 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.146° N, 178.742° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.189 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7151 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.671 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.285 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 155.
Before
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
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