M1.8 earthquake 81 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 81 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 20, 2016, 4:14 AM HADT (13:14 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 130 km WSW 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
- 2016-05-20 13:14:19 UTC
- Depth
- 31.2 km (19.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.517° N, 177.672° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.934 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.521 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 140 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.362 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5103 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 210 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.497 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.935 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.038 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.390 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.562 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1160 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 2.387 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.336 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
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