M1.6 earthquake 56 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 1:37 AM HAST (11:37 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 22 km SSW 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
- 2018-01-11 11:37:50 UTC
- Depth
- 44.5 km (27.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.444° N, 177.076° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.4108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.657 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.133 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.512 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.441 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
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