M1.8 earthquake 57 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 57 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Apr 6, 2016, 5:30 AM HADT (14:30 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 101 km ESE 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
- 2016-04-06 14:30:19 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.417° N, 176.260° 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: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.820 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.988 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.240 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.170 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.399 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.565 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 211 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.843 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.593 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.645 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.139 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 140 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.359 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.378 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.337 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.255 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.399 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.628 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.755 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 179 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.822 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.189 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4113 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 139.
Before
- 1.650 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.042 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3836 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3836 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.996 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2108 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.364 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.880 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.779 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3840 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.919 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
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