M2.3 earthquake 119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 9:00 PM HAST (07:00 UTC), 53 km (33 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
- 2018-01-07 07:00:41 UTC
- Depth
- 53.1 km (33.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.430° N, 178.207° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.441 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 54 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.8180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 218 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.358 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.668 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.476 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
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