M1.6 earthquake 36 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 2:26 AM HADT (11:26 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 91 km SSE 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
- 2018-07-23 11:26:53 UTC
- Depth
- 69.6 km (43.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.711° N, 176.172° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.366 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.555 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.177 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.570 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.359 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.244 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.063 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 165 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.224 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.163 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 225 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.574 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 169 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.236 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.863 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.717 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.850 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.668 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 208 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.527 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 139 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.244 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.243 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 205 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.476 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.561 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.447 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 197 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.185 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 167.
Before
- 3.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.150 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 179 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.452 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 135 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.574 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.535 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.661 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.560 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.061 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 85 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.378 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 197 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.428 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.558 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
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