M1.5 earthquake 69 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 1:43 AM HADT (10:43 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 131 km WSW 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-28 10:43:47 UTC
- Depth
- 68.8 km (42.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.574° N, 177.524° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 128 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.660 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.565 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.981 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.964 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.3104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.578 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 54 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.792 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.362 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.563 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
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