M1.7 earthquake 113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 9:06 PM HADT (06:06 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 146 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
- 2019-08-21 06:06:28 UTC
- Depth
- 27.6 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.551° N, 178.191° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.3156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 249 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.275 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.6133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.569 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.156 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0113 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 181 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.7153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.9133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.092 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.654 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.854 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
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