Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 100 km S of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 100 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 8, 2017, 7:17 AM HADT (16:17 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 97 km SSW 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 16:17:26 UTC
Depth
20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.982° N, 176.840° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.998 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.9105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.397 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.4100 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.2101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 4.099 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.5118 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.2103 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.8112 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 3.0102 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 3.1112 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 3.895 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.7115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.8113 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 5.597 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away · tsunami flag
  18. 5.3105 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.997 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.2101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.0105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.299 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 4.6105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.8106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 3.8104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.5106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 3.7110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.2101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.8123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 3.2108 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 3.2105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 3.1108 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.193 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 2.1102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 2.3100 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 3.1109 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 3.0108 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 3.2113 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.9107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 1.776 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 3.598 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 1.868 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.144 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.750 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 2.8104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 3.789 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.0100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 2.1101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.3110 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.7112 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 3.6113 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.4115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 5.995 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away · tsunami flag
  7. 4.9106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 5.298 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 5.798 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away · tsunami flag
  10. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.772 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.917 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.982 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.999 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.16 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.555 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away

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