M1.7 earthquake 81 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 81 km E of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 2:10 PM HADT (23:10 UTC), 15 km (9 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-30 23:10:33 UTC
- Depth
- 14.6 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.740° N, 175.467° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.456 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 165 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.812 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.237 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.224 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.437 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 156 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 194 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 229 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.669 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 189 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.362 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 147 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.426 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 175 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.477 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.473 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.359 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.939 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.631 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.784 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 71 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.143 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 166 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.936 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.442 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.969 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.981 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 2.1128 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.559 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 191 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.744 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 178 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
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