Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 6:49 AM GMT+12 (18:49 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 6:49 AM GMT+12
UTC: 2016-11-28 18:49:54 UTC
Depth: 30.9 km (19.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.420° N, 179.285° E
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 69.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016fb0yzmu (also filed as ak14474760). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.