M1.5 earthquake 278 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 278 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jul 24, 2016, 10:37 AM GMT+12 (22:37 UTC), 52 km (32 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-23 22:37:42 UTC
- Depth
- 51.8 km (32.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.545° N, 179.366° E
- 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 69 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 208 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 127 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 59 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 183 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 162 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 121.
Before
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 153 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
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