Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 11:47 PM GMT-12 (11:47 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-26 11:47:54 UTC
Depth
13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.077° N, 179.890° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
234°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.6236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.2243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.8249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 5.7246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away · tsunami flag
  12. 3.0242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.9255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.3247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.4248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 3.8249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.4247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.9249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 2.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 4.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 1.9248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 3.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.7257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 5.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.4235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 4.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 3.8248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 2.4249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 2.2255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 5.4247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 3.3237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.2251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.6251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 4.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 3.7247 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 2.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 3.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.4226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 4.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 2.6163 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2433 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 2.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.3244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 3.7244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.7236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.5248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 3.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 3.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.7241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 5.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 5.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away · tsunami flag
  18. 4.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 3.8237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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