M1.7 earthquake 103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 6:37 AM HAST (16:37 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 133 km SW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-05 16:37:39 UTC
- Depth
- 13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.980° N, 177.038° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.955 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.730 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0149 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.971 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.572 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.369 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.928 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.056 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.337 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.462 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.763 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.423 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.251 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8152 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.624 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
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