M2.1 earthquake 109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 10:20 AM HAST (20:20 UTC), 49 km (30 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-13 20:20:50 UTC
- Depth
- 48.6 km (30.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.543° N, 178.124° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.8180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 218 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 145 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.657 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.133 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 174 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.891 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 59 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.4112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.4108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
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