M1.9 earthquake 59 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 59 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 10:04 PM HADT (07:04 UTC), 54 km (33 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
- 2017-08-12 07:04:20 UTC
- Depth
- 53.6 km (33.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.715° N, 175.812° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.575 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 244 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.223 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.67 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.266 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 172 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 178 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 54 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.559 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 191 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1128 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.781 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 165 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.812 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.437 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 156 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 194 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 1.985 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.337 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.693 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.042 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.882 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 255 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.816 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.745 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 180 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.997 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017aakkoa3 (also filed as ak16502034). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.