M1.6 earthquake 257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 10:47 PM GMT+12 (10:47 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2019-09-04 10:47:57 UTC
- Depth
- 43.4 km (27.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.357° N, 179.736° E
- 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.0269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 89 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.4198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.9176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.4219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 224 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.3233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 1.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
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