M1.8 earthquake 129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 1:24 PM HADT (22:24 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 186 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
- 2016-07-20 22:24:12 UTC
- Depth
- 34.1 km (21.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.430° N, 178.361° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.657 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.787 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 164 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.762 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.570 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.150 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.598 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.5106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.891 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.566 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.039 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 1.952 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 100 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.6121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.656 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.2115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
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