Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 132 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 132 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 7, 2017, 11:52 PM HADT (08:52 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 135 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-08 08:52:54 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.708° N, 178.535° 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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.3134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.3132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.8134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 4.4139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.8130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.9133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 3.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
  30. 3.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 2.2127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.4126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 3.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 6.2135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  41. 5.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 3.2130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 3.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 3.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 3.2136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 3.8115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 4.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 3.4134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 3.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 3.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 3.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 3.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 3.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 4.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 4.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 3.4135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 3.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 4.2134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 3.2132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 4.2134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.0131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.3131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away

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