M1.7 earthquake 102 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 102 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 4:04 PM HADT (01:04 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 135 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-18 01:04:16 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.237° N, 177.698° 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
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0112 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.982 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.736 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.617 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.516 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.438 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.892 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.685 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.434 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.353 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.738 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of 148.
Before
- 1.556 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7109 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 177 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.852 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.676 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.3154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.5103 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.537 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.872 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
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