M2.1 earthquake 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:13 PM GMT+12 (02:13 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 240 km WSW 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
- 2020-01-02 02:13:10 UTC
- Depth
- 67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.502° N, 179.937° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 166 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.5245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 75 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.0230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.9252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 167 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.2264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 6.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.2195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.5222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0203ccdat. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.