M1.7 earthquake 80 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 80 km E of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 1:10 AM HAST (11:10 UTC), 26 km (16 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-06 11:10:36 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.769° N, 175.482° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.978 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 251 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.512 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.886 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 194 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 60 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 186 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.625 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 196 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.738 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.269 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 175 km deep · 70 km away
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