M2.1 earthquake 123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 8, 2018, 12:12 AM HAST (10:12 UTC), 17 km (10 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-08 10:12:01 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.669° N, 178.399° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 173 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 218 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 145 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.441 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.358 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.668 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
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