M1.8 earthquake 68 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 68 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 15, 2017, 11:54 AM HADT (20:54 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 88 km WSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2017-05-15 20:54:36 UTC
- Depth
- 19.2 km (11.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.269° N, 176.474° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.960 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.144 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.750 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.661 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.047 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.986 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.088 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.388 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.789 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.724 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1109 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.650 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.487 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.391 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.598 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.393 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.552 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.357 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.920 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.755 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 3.598 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.2113 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0108 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.1109 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.594 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3100 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.1108 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.2108 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
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