M1.6 earthquake 40 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 11:36 AM HAST (21:36 UTC), 52 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 84 km W 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
- 2019-11-27 21:36:02 UTC
- Depth
- 52.4 km (32.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.624° N, 177.053° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.350 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.684 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.440 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.0127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.3133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.049 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.588 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.166 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.578 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.987 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.086 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.243 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 164 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.862 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.423 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 240 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.578 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.727 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Adak, AK · 2485 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.813 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 172 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.174 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.280 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.524 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.087 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.783 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.782 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.079 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.283 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.283 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.967 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.557 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.022 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
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