M1.6 earthquake 93 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 93 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:08 PM HADT (22:08 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 76 km SW 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-17 22:08:46 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.603° N, 175.360° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.660 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.384 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 144 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.736 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.861 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.617 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.516 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.841 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.860 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.548 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 162 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.169 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 170 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.076 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 98 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.840 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.896 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.325 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 145 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.376 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 4.090 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.434 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.681 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.052 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 149 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.586 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.576 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.586 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.353 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.336 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 200 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.886 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.749 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.841 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.987 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.044 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 170 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.164 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.335 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.068 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.368 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 130.
Before
- 4.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.996 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.672 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 190 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.637 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 220 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.270 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 197 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.851 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.739 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.678 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 251 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.852 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 162 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.587 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
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