M1.5 earthquake 40 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 2:18 AM HAST (12:18 UTC), 26 km (16 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-19 12:18:54 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.537° N, 176.847° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.133 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 186 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.625 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 174 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.891 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.740 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.934 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 167 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.867 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 182.
Before
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
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