M1.7 earthquake 54 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 10:37 AM HAST (20:37 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 22 km SSW 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
- 2018-01-29 20:37:40 UTC
- Depth
- 45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.569° N, 177.246° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 164 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.867 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.353 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.420 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.420 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.620 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.620 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.531 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.189 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 67 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.717 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.536 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 56 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.660 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.934 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 167 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.740 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
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