M1.6 earthquake 57 km ENE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 11:11 AM HADT (20:11 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 95 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
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-27 20:11:29 UTC
- Depth
- 8.9 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.031° N, 175.831° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 299°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.869 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.856 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.952 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 120 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.560 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 162 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.571 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.624 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.554 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.473 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.239 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 159 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.435 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 194 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.663 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.778 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.456 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.966 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.438 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.251 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.639 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.863 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.071 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.355 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.939 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.945 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.399 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.587 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.543 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.519 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.352 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.338 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.568 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.126 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.665 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
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