M1.9 earthquake 53 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 2, 2018, 4:31 PM HAST (02:31 UTC), 13 km (8 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-03 02:31:04 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.460° N, 176.228° 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: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 54 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.738 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.358 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.441 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.512 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 78 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.9136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.657 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.133 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 168.
Before
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.476 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.269 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 175 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
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