M1.6 earthquake 61 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 17, 2018, 6:09 AM HADT (15:09 UTC), 42 km (26 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-17 15:09:41 UTC
- Depth
- 41.7 km (25.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.654° N, 175.821° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.632 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.955 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.333 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 176 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.530 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.752 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 62 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.476 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.327 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.557 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 214 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.556 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 52 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.042 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.137 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.040 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 125 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.798 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.286 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.954 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 155 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.079 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.971 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.952 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 60 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.065 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.035 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.352 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.862 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.490 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.878 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.321 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.386 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.096 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.957 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.970 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.460 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.839 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.126 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.218 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
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