M1.6 earthquake 35 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 35 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 6:38 AM HAST (16:38 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 95 km SSW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-11 16:38:33 UTC
- Depth
- 53.6 km (33.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.565° N, 176.501° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.970 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.229 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.814 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.660 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.019 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.756 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.638 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.893 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.667 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.969 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.830 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.237 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.940 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.795 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.046 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.314 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.860 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.957 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.031 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.863 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.039 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.938 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.2104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 166 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.576 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 65 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.248 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.978 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.970 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 146 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.481 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.041 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 164 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7108 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.971 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.566 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 192 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
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