M1.9 earthquake 31 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 31 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Mar 3, 2016, 3:48 AM HAST (13:48 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-03 13:48:17 UTC
- Depth
- 74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.790° N, 177.066° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 143 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 72 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.783 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.396 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.485 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.643 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.552 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.661 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.364 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.724 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 61 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.369 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.343 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 146 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.837 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.545 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.531 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.649 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.140 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.332 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.919 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.880 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 1.870 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.897 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.090 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.867 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.311 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.577 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 59 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.716 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
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