M1.7 earthquake 37 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 37 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 10:57 AM HAST (20:57 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 122 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-27 20:57:29 UTC
- Depth
- 68.8 km (42.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.796° N, 177.163° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.326 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.031 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.044 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.361 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.577 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.365 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.324 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1126 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 260 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 69 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.453 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 157 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.947 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.452 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.843 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 73 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.324 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.475 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.025 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.339 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.242 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.030 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.926 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.340 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.983 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.552 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.199 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.496 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of 155.
Before
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.20 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.218 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2111 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
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