M2.3 earthquake 82 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 82 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 5:59 PM HAST (03:59 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 22 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-01-10 03:59:53 UTC
- Depth
- 40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.163° N, 176.320° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.512 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.625 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 174 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.891 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9167 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.358 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.476 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
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