M1.8 earthquake 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 3, 2016, 11:52 AM GMT-12 (23:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 269 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2016-08-03 23:52:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.994° N, 179.797° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 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 · 93 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
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