Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 43 km ESE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 23, 2016, 1:06 AM HADT (10:06 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 39 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-23 10:06:02 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.713° N, 176.065° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.058 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.521 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 140 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.362 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.167 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.055 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.328 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.233 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.867 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.494 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.935 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.038 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.541 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.390 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.750 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 184 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 1.531 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.370 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 221 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.358 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 1.965 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 1.916 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 3.550 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.530 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.957 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.946 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 124 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.859 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 2.253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.485 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 192 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 5.139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away · tsunami flag
  45. 2.040 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 2.355 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.296 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.560 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.572 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 171 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 245 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.741 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.190 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 1.763 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.2126 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.543 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 2.285 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.934 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.643 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.976 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.395 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.336 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.132 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.3100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.869 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.530 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.032 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away

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