M1.7 earthquake 24 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 24 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 10:16 AM HADT (19:16 UTC), 61 km (38 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-19 19:16:53 UTC
- Depth
- 61.3 km (38.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.708° N, 176.876° 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: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.659 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.369 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.343 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 146 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.837 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 57 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.545 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.531 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.649 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.140 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 72 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.332 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 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 · 54 km away
- 2.919 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.880 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.364 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2108 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.996 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.042 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.478 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.098 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.820 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.988 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.240 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.170 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.565 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 211 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.843 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 159.
Before
- 2.292 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.364 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.661 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 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 · 70 km away
- 3.643 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.485 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.396 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
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