Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 35 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 35 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 3:47 PM HAST (01:47 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-14 01:47:34 UTC
Depth
41.2 km (25.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.591° N, 176.397° W
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
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.753 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.032 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.638 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.275 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 155 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.534 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.799 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.780 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.991 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 3.4100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.4102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.575 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 173 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.197 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.197 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.572 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.676 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.296 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 3.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.835 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.989 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.1112 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.662 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.855 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.298 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 1.651 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.844 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 2.582 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.542 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.330 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 1.992 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 130.

Before

  1. 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.0117 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.636 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.361 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 160 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.697 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.671 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away · tsunami flag
  13. 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.690 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.377 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 4.165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.080 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.368 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away

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