M1.7 earthquake 33 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 4:16 PM HADT (01:16 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 39 km SW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-17 01:16:05 UTC
- Depth
- 33.3 km (20.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.581° N, 176.739° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.399 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 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 · 37 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.755 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 179 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.822 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.196 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.735 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.848 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.480 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.848 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.171 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.594 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.3112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.715 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.6109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.257 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.864 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.967 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 145.
Before
- 3.255 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.337 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.359 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.139 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.645 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
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