M1.9 earthquake 117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 12:12 AM HAST (10:12 UTC), 41 km (25 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-16 10:12:02 UTC
- Depth
- 40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.368° N, 178.121° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.657 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 174 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.891 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8163 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.5140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
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