M1.6 earthquake 42 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 6:11 AM HADT (15:11 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 80 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
- 2018-09-27 15:11:33 UTC
- Depth
- 38.5 km (23.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.639° N, 177.127° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.896 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8117 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.170 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.538 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.643 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 57 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.983 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.649 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.362 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.572 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.262 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.023 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.373 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.139 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.650 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.026 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 79 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
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