M1.5 earthquake 50 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 50 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 22, 2020, 12:42 AM HADT (09:42 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 52 km WNW 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-22 09:42:08 UTC
- Depth
- 47.2 km (29.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.597° N, 177.212° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.053 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.645 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.878 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.967 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.543 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.88 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.833 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.5121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.519 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.442 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 182 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.829 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.964 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.880 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 88 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.698 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.591 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.146 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.579 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.677 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.580 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2118 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 182 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.964 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.6118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0100 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.980 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.768 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.763 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.692 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.698 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.768 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.626 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.135 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.034 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.735 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
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