M1.7 earthquake 87 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 87 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 4:43 AM HAST (14:43 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2017-01-26 14:43:17 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.864° N, 177.909° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 172 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.687 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.0131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.937 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.9150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 162 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 158 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.389 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.077 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.988 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 98.
Before
- 2.088 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.587 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.337 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.886 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.785 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.786 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.687 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.820 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
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