Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 2:37 PM HADT (23:37 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-17 23:37:02 UTC
Depth
68.5 km (42.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.948° N, 179.497° 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

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Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7178 km WSW of Adak, AK · 1984 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.6169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.9165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.8268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 3.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 3.7248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.2145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 165 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.0181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.0148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 3.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.1184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 5.4288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  26. 3.3290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 3.3284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.4294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 5.0286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.0157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 3.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.5169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 3.7296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 3.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.9247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.6157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 3.8256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 3.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.5137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.3229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.2203 km WSW of Adak, AK · 1999 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.1181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.9224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.1207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.5237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.2151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.1224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away

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