M1.6 earthquake 54 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 54 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 1:48 PM HADT (22:48 UTC), 30 km (19 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-08 22:48:41 UTC
- Depth
- 30.2 km (18.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.412° N, 176.358° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.693 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.337 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.985 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.223 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.67 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.672 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.958 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 178 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.855 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 58 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.090 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1128 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.781 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.816 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.745 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 180 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7128 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 185 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.936 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.152 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.775 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
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