M1.6 earthquake 31 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 4:05 PM HADT (01:05 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 108 km WSW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-18 01:05:11 UTC
- Depth
- 29.5 km (18.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.645° N, 176.897° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.535 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.574 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.452 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.5117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.150 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 179 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.366 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.596 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.555 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.177 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.570 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.359 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.244 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.063 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 165 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.224 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.163 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 225 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.236 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.384 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.863 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.783 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.717 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.682 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.850 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.560 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.061 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.428 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.558 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.121 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.623 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 61 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.439 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 224 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.995 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.649 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.955 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.848 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.036 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
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