M1.7 earthquake 276 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 276 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 4:50 PM GMT+12 (04:50 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-01-15 04:50:37 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.585° N, 179.393° E
- 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 145 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 122 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 141 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 133 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 255 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 76 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 143 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 136 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 158 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 3.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 173 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
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