M1.7 earthquake 54 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 3:44 AM HADT (12:44 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 77 km ESE 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-24 12:44:37 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.488° N, 176.142° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.647 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.855 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.559 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 191 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1128 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.781 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 165 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.812 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.791 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.690 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 156 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 194 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 49 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.669 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 189 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.362 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 147 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.569 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.477 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.473 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 178 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.958 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.672 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.67 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
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