M1.9 earthquake 185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 12:45 PM HADT (21:45 UTC), 11 km (7 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-14 21:45:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.287° N, 179.143° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7118 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1186 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.2133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
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