M1.6 earthquake 57 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 4:50 AM HAST (14:50 UTC), 72 km (44 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
- 2018-01-19 14:50:59 UTC
- Depth
- 71.5 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.822° N, 177.462° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.133 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 186 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.625 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 174 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.891 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.740 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.864 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.934 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 167 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.867 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
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