M1.8 earthquake 73 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 73 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 4:13 AM HAST (14:13 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 76 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-12 14:13:15 UTC
- Depth
- 27.4 km (17.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.666° N, 175.623° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.960 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.366 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.892 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.643 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.552 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.882 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.973 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.358 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.388 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.292 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.494 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.786 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.483 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.724 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.284 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.073 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.892 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.369 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.343 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 146 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.837 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.792 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.685 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.693 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.531 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.489 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.649 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.698 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.140 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.332 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.682 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.919 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 64 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.381 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 156 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 175.
Before
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.685 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 220 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.468 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.059 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 143 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.289 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 50 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.089 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
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