M1.6 earthquake 48 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 9:48 PM HADT (06:48 UTC), 21 km (13 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-24 06:48:45 UTC
- Depth
- 21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.442° N, 176.544° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.257 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 147 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.792 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.569 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.477 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.939 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.784 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.143 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 166 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.936 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.660 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.565 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.981 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1100 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.964 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.578 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 53 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.275 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.957 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.269 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.986 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.648 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 183 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.282 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.726 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.986 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.361 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.553 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.797 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.495 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.597 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.796 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 135.
Before
- 2.362 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.789 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.749 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.378 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.322 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.357 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 194 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.690 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.791 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
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