M2.1 earthquake 253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 12:17 PM GMT+12 (00:17 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 191 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
- 2023-01-31 00:17:06 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.341° N, 179.815° E
- 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.1274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.2299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.4218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.3299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.6295 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.2244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 56 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 138 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 151 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 190 km deep · 80 km away
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