M1.7 earthquake 40 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 40 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Nov 8, 2016, 4:09 AM HAST (14:09 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 44 km ESE 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-08 14:09:32 UTC
- Depth
- 61.7 km (38.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.698° N, 177.149° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.259 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.171 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 65 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.759 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 190 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.786 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.666 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.663 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.439 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.018 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.343 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.125 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.949 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 89 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.665 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.574 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.830 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.256 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.876 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.490 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.481 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.726 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.393 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.066 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.852 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
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