M1.9 earthquake 31 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 31 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 8:42 PM HAST (06:42 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 78 km SSE 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
- 2017-02-16 06:42:23 UTC
- Depth
- 97.0 km (60.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.764° N, 177.054° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 183 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.631 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.077 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 98 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.988 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 65 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.237 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 201 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.649 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.566 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 192 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.041 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 164 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 146 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.970 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.229 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.814 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.660 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.019 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.756 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 91 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.638 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.389 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
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