M2.3 earthquake 112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 8:29 AM HAST (18:29 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km ESE 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
- 2018-01-06 18:29:48 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.010° N, 175.789° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3146 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.740 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5207 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
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