M1.5 earthquake 276 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 276 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 5, 2016, 7:05 PM GMT+12 (07:05 UTC), 59 km (36 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
- 2016-08-05 07:05:04 UTC
- Depth
- 58.6 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.514° N, 179.408° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 183 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 162 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 65 km deep · 7 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 171 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 188 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 137 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.1287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 208 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 69 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
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