M1.6 earthquake 135 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 135 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 9:31 AM HADT (18:31 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 108 km WSW 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
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-13 18:31:48 UTC
- Depth
- 17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.703° N, 178.584° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 340°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.2207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.5188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 169 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 156 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 141 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.596 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.2143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.384 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.995 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.886 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
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