M2.2 earthquake 229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 3, 2018, 2:06 AM HAST (12:06 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 209 km W 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-03 12:06:41 UTC
- Depth
- 17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.154° N, 179.733° 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: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 173 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 145 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.8274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
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