M2.4 earthquake 282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 20, 2018, 11:16 AM GMT+12 (23:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-19 23:16:20 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.084° N, 179.505° E
- 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: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 133 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.2276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
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