M1.7 earthquake 86 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 86 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 12:42 AM HAST (10:42 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 166 km S 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
- 2016-11-16 10:42:25 UTC
- Depth
- 33.9 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.130° N, 176.271° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.666 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.663 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.439 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7166 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.018 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.343 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.125 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.665 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.422 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1110 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.6136 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3133 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.171 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.259 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.574 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.830 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
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