M2.4 earthquake 60 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 2:36 AM HAST (12:36 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-15 12:36:36 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.423° N, 176.156° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.867 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.182 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.288 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.928 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.056 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.493 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.146 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.469 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.337 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.079 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.832 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.423 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.881 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.381 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.560 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.190 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.743 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.159 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.921 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.369 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.734 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.572 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.887 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.562 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 224 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.387 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 143 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.971 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.730 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.466 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
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