M1.9 earthquake 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 12:04 AM HAST (10:04 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 171 km WSW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-13 10:04:05 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.477° N, 178.179° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.753 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.032 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.594 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.3131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6162 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 202 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.296 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6131 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 159 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.989 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1112 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.298 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 120.
Before
- 2.7101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.671 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 94 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
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