M1.8 earthquake 20 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 20 km S of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 7:54 PM HAST (05:54 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 89 km E 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-25 05:54:30 UTC
- Depth
- 67.8 km (42.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.691° N, 176.622° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.687 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.786 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.587 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.088 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.687 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 158 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.3106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.165 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.389 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 50 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of 134.
Before
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.885 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.686 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.386 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.086 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.086 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.988 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.748 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.687 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
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