M1.7 earthquake 73 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 6:32 AM HAST (16:32 UTC), 26 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
- 2020-01-07 16:32:06 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.229° N, 176.398° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.887 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.572 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.369 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.867 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.182 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.288 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.928 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.056 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.493 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.146 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.469 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.337 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.079 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 1.971 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.730 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.466 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.251 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.876 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.290 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
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