M1.6 earthquake 53 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 3:37 AM HADT (12:37 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 62 km ESE 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
- 2018-10-30 12:37:15 UTC
- Depth
- 21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.464° N, 176.234° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.563 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.59 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.349 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.396 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.016 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.687 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.887 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.075 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.131 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.249 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.940 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.950 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 150 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.484 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.160 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.579 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.368 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.252 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.768 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.557 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9105 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9103 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.846 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.773 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 189 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.497 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.680 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 174 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.764 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.639 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 141 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.346 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.562 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.316 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 1.942 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.950 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.037 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.093 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.969 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.651 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 168 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.053 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.627 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.363 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.489 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
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