M2.1 earthquake 214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 8:11 PM HAST (06:11 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 2020-01-05 06:11:06 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.037° N, 179.416° 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0149 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.5245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.9252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3222 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.2264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.8216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.6165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8152 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.3207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
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