M1.6 earthquake 53 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:43 AM HADT (20:43 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 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
- 2018-08-31 20:43:34 UTC
- Depth
- 47.3 km (29.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.480° N, 176.187° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.471 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 240 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.765 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.230 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.827 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 55 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.360 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.970 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.039 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.886 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.360 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.264 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.282 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.771 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 178 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.850 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.666 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.858 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.963 km NE of Adak, AK · 2945 days ago · 206 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.150 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.086 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.279 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.991 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.793 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 167.
Before
- 2.188 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.798 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.786 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.3110 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.335 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.447 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.885 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.9109 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0113 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.8105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.6107 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.987 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
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