M1.7 earthquake 125 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 125 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 3:30 AM HADT (12:30 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 128 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-27 12:30:07 UTC
- Depth
- 21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.694° N, 178.431° 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: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.864 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.882 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.950 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.390 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.390 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.894 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.793 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.075 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 2.4119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8137 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 85 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.881 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.683 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.683 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
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