M1.7 earthquake 224 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 224 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 8:14 AM HADT (17:14 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 206 km WNW 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
- 2018-09-23 17:14:27 UTC
- Depth
- 85.0 km (52.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.784° N, 179.887° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 161 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 94 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 146 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 100 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 140 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
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