M1.7 earthquake 298 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 298 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 3:28 AM GMT+12 (15:28 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-19 15:28:59 UTC
- Depth
- 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.821° N, 179.035° 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: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 148 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 183 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 129 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 129 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 172 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.4220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.5252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 91 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 174 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.4257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1294 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 171 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 113.
Before
- 2.1291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 174 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 119 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
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