M1.9 earthquake 61 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 61 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 11:15 AM HAST (21:15 UTC), 14 km (9 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 21:15:01 UTC
- Depth
- 13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.344° N, 176.405° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.344 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.120 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.631 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.077 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.840 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.237 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 201 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.649 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7108 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.481 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.970 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.229 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.814 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.660 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.019 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.756 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.638 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.893 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.931 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.548 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.389 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.165 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.528 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 158 km deep · 36 km away
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