M2.3 earthquake 53 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 53 km S of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Feb 2, 2018, 5:05 PM HAST (03:05 UTC), 23 km (14 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-03 03:05:02 UTC
- Depth
- 23.3 km (14.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.395° N, 176.603° 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: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.420 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.420 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.620 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.620 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.531 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.196 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.189 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.717 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.790 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.536 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.933 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.459 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.671 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.419 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 198 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.880 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.985 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.368 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.653 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.285 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.446 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.263 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.472 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.830 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.222 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.437 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.451 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.067 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.343 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.674 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of 137.
Before
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.867 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.934 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 167 km deep · 83 km away
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