M1.8 earthquake 239 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 239 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jul 28, 2016, 8:42 PM GMT+12 (08:42 UTC), 78 km (49 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-28 08:42:14 UTC
- Depth
- 78.4 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.647° N, 179.909° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 208 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 183 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 162 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 171 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 188 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 77 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 81 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 69 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
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