M1.8 earthquake 75 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 75 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 10:46 PM HADT (07:46 UTC), 14 km (9 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-18 07:46:18 UTC
- Depth
- 13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.330° N, 175.981° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.628 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.822 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.189 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4113 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.676 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.388 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.690 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.396 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.890 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.735 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.480 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.848 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 137 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.171 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.583 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.184 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.715 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.257 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.864 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.795 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.597 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 2.399 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.870 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.066 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.255 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.337 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.378 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.359 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.971 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.139 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 140 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.645 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.593 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
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