M1.8 earthquake 259 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 259 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 8:20 PM GMT+12 (08:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2016-10-16 08:20:29 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.916° N, 179.593° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 193 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 146 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 141 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 177 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 141 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 155 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 157 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.4211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.2229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.8278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 133 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 4.2250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 184 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 187 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.8219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.0185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 237 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 149 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 119 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
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