M1.8 earthquake 35 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 35 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Apr 19, 2017, 9:58 PM HADT (06:58 UTC), 22 km (14 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-20 06:58:02 UTC
- Depth
- 22.2 km (13.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.627° N, 176.951° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.346 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 141 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.852 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.061 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.555 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.456 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 240 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 75 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.999 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.142 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.917 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 71 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.033 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.798 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away · tsunami flag
- 5.298 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.995 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.4115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.6113 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7112 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3110 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9100 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.998 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.397 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4100 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.8115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.961 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.836 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.775 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.323 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 65 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.935 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.098 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.672 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.955 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.855 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 187 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.040 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 50 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.058 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2118 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.228 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 56 km deep · 6 km away
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