M1.8 earthquake 290 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 290 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 3:22 PM GMT+12 (03:22 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2017-04-25 03:22:04 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.657° N, 179.174° 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: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 150 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 135 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.8232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 152 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 136 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, AK · 3423 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 62 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 3.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7294 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 67 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 91 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.8197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 60 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 139 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
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