M1.7 earthquake 57 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 57 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 6:20 AM HAST (16:20 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 km SSW of Atka, 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
- 2020-01-31 16:20:48 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.429° N, 176.214° 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
- 26
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
- 2.079 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.832 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.423 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.881 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.381 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.560 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.190 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.743 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.159 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.921 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.936 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.844 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.9125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6131 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.074 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0133 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5128 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7133 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.7130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.3122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.4125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1133 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7131 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6128 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.763 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.337 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.469 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.146 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.493 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.056 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.928 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
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