M1.8 earthquake 273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 1, 2017, 1:46 AM GMT+12 (13:46 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-31 13:46:07 UTC
- Depth
- 32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.152° N, 179.592° E
- 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: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 157 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 178 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 2.1223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.2292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.4262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
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