M1.6 earthquake 33 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km S of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 6:19 AM HADT (15:19 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 59 km SE 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
- 2019-08-27 15:19:41 UTC
- Depth
- 38.9 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.572° N, 176.672° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.662 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.569 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.447 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.898 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.381 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.598 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.476 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.156 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.633 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.672 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 104 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.555 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.571 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.480 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 191 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.146 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.965 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.199 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.875 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 204 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.784 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.353 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.789 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 62 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.893 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.358 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 184 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.777 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.699 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.065 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.584 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.275 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.847 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.834 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.092 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
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