M1.7 earthquake 250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 5:51 AM GMT+12 (17:51 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 193 km WSW 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-07 17:51:52 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.483° N, 179.795° E
- 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: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 162 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 58 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 146 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.0260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 123 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.9259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 189 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.4217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 228 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 144 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.0252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 177 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 163 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 168 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0191 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 129.
Before
- 2.7261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 156 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.2232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
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