M1.7 earthquake 151 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 151 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 12:57 AM HAST (10:57 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 204 km WNW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-08 10:57:39 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.948° N, 178.839° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 337°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7204 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 211 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.271 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 236 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.285 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.472 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.674 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.894 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.661 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 123 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 141.
Before
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.493 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.867 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
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