M1.7 earthquake 265 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 265 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Apr 4, 2017, 8:13 PM GMT+12 (08:13 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2017-04-04 08:13:00 UTC
- Depth
- 75.6 km (47.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.728° N, 179.530° E
- 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 95 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 139 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.8197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 86 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7294 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.8232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 152 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 136 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 145 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.6299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.9208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
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