M1.8 earthquake 78 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 78 km E of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 6:38 PM HADT (03:38 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 94 km SW of Atka, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-17 03:38:26 UTC
- Depth
- 37.6 km (23.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.843° N, 175.494° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.490 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.632 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.955 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.333 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 176 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.752 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.476 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.327 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 147 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.557 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 214 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.556 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.042 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.137 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.040 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 125 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.286 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.954 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 155 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.4105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.065 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.862 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.135 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 195 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 2.321 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.386 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.096 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.957 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.970 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.041 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 222 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.839 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.126 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.218 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.557 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.954 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
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