M1.8 earthquake 171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 3:39 PM HADT (00:39 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 125 km WSW of Adak, 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
- 2017-07-16 00:39:18 UTC
- Depth
- 28.2 km (17.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.478° N, 179.033° 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
- 15
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
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 185 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.3137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 141 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.8118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
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