M1.6 earthquake 75 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 2:00 PM HADT (23:00 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 77 km ESE 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-20 23:00:55 UTC
- Depth
- 63.4 km (39.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.513° N, 175.711° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 178 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 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 · 90 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.559 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 191 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 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 · 35 km away
- 2.1128 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.781 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 165 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.812 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.437 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 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 · 57 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 194 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.669 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 189 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.362 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 147 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.67 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.223 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.575 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 244 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.985 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.272 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 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 · 3341 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
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