M1.6 earthquake 78 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 78 km E of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 4:08 AM HADT (13:08 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 93 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-09-08 13:08:05 UTC
- Depth
- 65.6 km (40.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.783° N, 175.510° 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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.136 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.858 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.963 km NE of Adak, AK · 2945 days ago · 206 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.150 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.853 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.047 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 238 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.279 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.339 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.821 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.727 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.266 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 180 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.892 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.619 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.828 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 202 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 140 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.222 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.861 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.584 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.448 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.170 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.538 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.058 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 2.233 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.850 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.771 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 178 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.735 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.264 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.360 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.039 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.970 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.433 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.360 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.827 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.176 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 151 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.471 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 240 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
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