M1.6 earthquake 72 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 72 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 5:28 PM HADT (02:28 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 125 km WSW 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
- 2017-08-21 02:28:54 UTC
- Depth
- 28.4 km (17.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.302° N, 177.130° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 182 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.958 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.855 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.5119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.090 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
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