M1.7 earthquake 226 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 226 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 4, 2016, 12:25 PM HADT (21:25 UTC), 68 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 269 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
- 2016-07-04 21:25:19 UTC
- Depth
- 68.4 km (42.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.617° N, 179.880° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 78 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 170 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 85 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 166 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2285 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.7216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.9222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 81 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 2.3200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 164 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.3130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.9226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 154 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 144 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
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