M1.6 earthquake 60 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 2:43 AM HADT (11:43 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 86 km SW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-14 11:43:22 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.407° N, 176.172° 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: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.875 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.860 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.848 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.868 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.680 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.991 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8107 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.536 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 144 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.923 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.742 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.747 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.366 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.547 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 225 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.635 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.281 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.046 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 137 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.640 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.198 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.453 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.432 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.965 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 238 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.351 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 154 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.14 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.731 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.770 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 226 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 1.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.625 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.352 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.983 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.957 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.726 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.576 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.039 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.682 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.586 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
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