M1.7 earthquake 130 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 130 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 11:56 AM HADT (20:56 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 216 km W 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 20:56:47 UTC
- Depth
- 18.9 km (11.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.884° N, 178.531° 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: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.196 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2116 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.848 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 97 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.594 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 179.
Before
- 2.0114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.3133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 205 km deep · 21 km away
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