M1.6 earthquake 61 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 2:58 AM HADT (11:58 UTC), 38 km (23 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-16 11:58:13 UTC
- Depth
- 37.6 km (23.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.388° N, 177.060° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.135 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.364 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.724 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.369 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.837 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.545 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.531 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.649 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.140 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 133 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 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 · 34 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.919 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.880 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.364 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2108 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.996 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.042 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.478 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.098 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.820 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.988 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.240 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 2.552 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.643 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.485 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.396 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.783 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
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