M1.8 earthquake 80 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 8:24 AM HADT (17:24 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 131 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-30 17:24:25 UTC
- Depth
- 38.7 km (24.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.558° N, 177.677° 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: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2108 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.996 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.042 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3836 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.478 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.098 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.820 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.988 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.240 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 205 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.3133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.645 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.8177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.359 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.7142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.337 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.255 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.628 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.919 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.332 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.545 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.837 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
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