M1.9 earthquake 36 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 36 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 2, 2017, 6:29 PM HADT (03:29 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-03 03:29:58 UTC
- Depth
- 18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.608° N, 176.322° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.786 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.745 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 180 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.816 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.882 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 255 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.693 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.337 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.985 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.223 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.67 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.266 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 172 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.672 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.958 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 178 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.855 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of 130.
Before
- 2.152 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.775 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.227 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.7103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.022 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.253 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.538 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 61 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
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