M1.6 earthquake 297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 6:26 PM GMT+12 (06:26 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-26 06:26:52 UTC
- Depth
- 18.9 km (11.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.076° N, 179.284° 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.3274 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 127 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.6265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 4.0291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.4217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
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