M1.5 earthquake 49 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 1:19 PM HADT (22:19 UTC), 55 km (34 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-21 22:19:35 UTC
- Depth
- 54.7 km (34.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.694° N, 175.975° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.189 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4113 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.676 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.388 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 · 97 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.735 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.848 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 62 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.480 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.848 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 137 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.171 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.583 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.184 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.715 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.257 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.864 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 105 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.795 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.597 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.530 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.336 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.395 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.976 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 2.425 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.822 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.755 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 179 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 60 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.628 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.577 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 243 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.399 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.870 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.066 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.255 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.337 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.378 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
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