M1.5 earthquake 57 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 57 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 4:26 AM HADT (13:26 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 68 km SSE 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-30 13:26:13 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.388° N, 176.374° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.434 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.052 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 149 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.353 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.841 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.987 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.044 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.738 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.164 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.335 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.068 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.368 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.160 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.470 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.288 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.751 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 158 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.568 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.878 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.097 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.3107 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.674 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.079 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6135 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.978 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.569 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.551 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.285.5 km W of Adak, AK · 2161 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.654.0 km NNW of Adak, AK · 2160 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.791 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.867 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.245 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.896 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.892 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 179 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.076 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.438 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.548 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 162 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.841 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
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