M1.6 earthquake 58 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 4:24 AM HADT (13:24 UTC), 24 km (15 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-27 13:24:44 UTC
- Depth
- 23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.411° N, 176.247° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.735 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.892 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.896 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.376 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 4.090 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.434 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.681 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.052 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 149 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.586 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.586 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.353 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.886 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.841 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.987 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.044 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.738 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 170 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.164 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.335 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.068 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.368 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.160 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.470 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.288 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.751 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.986 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 158 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.568 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.878 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.097 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.3107 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 179 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.076 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.169 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.438 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.548 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 162 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.841 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 133 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.617 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.861 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.736 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
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