Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 291 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 291 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 6, 2020, 3:12 AM GMT+12 (15:12 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 211 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-05 15:12:37 UTC
Depth
76.9 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.757° N, 179.140° E
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
34

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.6290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.9251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.9284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.6218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.0295 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.5248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 179 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 153 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.8229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.7241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.8225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.3223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.8298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 91 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.2196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 3.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2321 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.4210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.5242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.1258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.5260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.9255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 2.2233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.9260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.8228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 3.1292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 173 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.9206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.0229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 220 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.7195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.1280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.6229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 154 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.9194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away

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