M1.7 earthquake 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 9, 2017, 3:13 AM HADT (12:13 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-09 12:13:58 UTC
- Depth
- 17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.639° N, 178.438° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9137 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.337 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.7136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.583 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0162 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
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