M1.6 earthquake 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 5:43 AM HADT (14:43 UTC), 49 km (31 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
- 2018-08-11 14:43:21 UTC
- Depth
- 49.3 km (30.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.314° N, 178.034° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.051 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.244 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 6.5108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag
- 4.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 68 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.7103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.598 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.794 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
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