M1.7 earthquake 72 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 72 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Apr 4, 2017, 2:12 AM HADT (11:12 UTC), 19 km (12 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-04 11:12:45 UTC
- Depth
- 19.1 km (11.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.239° N, 176.408° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.098 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.470 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.564 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.472 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.575 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.579 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.579 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.872 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.366 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.969 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.177 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.869 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.682 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.971 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.664 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.169 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.872 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.476 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.975 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.874 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.173 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.766 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.672 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.269 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.159 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.665 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.866 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.967 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.070 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.595 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.769 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.877 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.473 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.070 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.680 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.674 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.080 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.569 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.6140 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.562 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.895 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.371 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.872 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.048 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.097 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.062 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.894 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.483 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6143 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.168 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.964 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.970 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
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