M1.5 earthquake 39 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 39 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 5:32 PM HADT (02:32 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 68 km SSE 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-01 02:32:52 UTC
- Depth
- 35.7 km (22.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.541° N, 176.446° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.793 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.074 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.071 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.689 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.815 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.145 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.796 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.872 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.537 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.463 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 210 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.587 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.676 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.852 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.678 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 251 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.851 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.270 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 197 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.672 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 190 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.996 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.556 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 80 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 1.794 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.677 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.551 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.843 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.618 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 188 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.028 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 205 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.040 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 130 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.073 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
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