M1.6 earthquake 96 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 96 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 4:08 PM HADT (01:08 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 97 km SW 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
- 2018-08-16 01:08:40 UTC
- Depth
- 36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.294° N, 177.676° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 157 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.798 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.199 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.5104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 51 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.5103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.8105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.699 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 50 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.5116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.2115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.795 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.561 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.5110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.4114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.598 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.8131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.399 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.6101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.5107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.598 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.6110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.6113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
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