M1.7 earthquake 51 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 51 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 3:42 AM HADT (12:42 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 39 km SSW 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
- 2020-10-15 12:42:20 UTC
- Depth
- 89.9 km (55.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.817° N, 177.372° 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: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.568 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.567 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.878 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.097 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.874 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.551 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.654.0 km NNW of Adak, AK · 2162 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.867 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.245 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.881 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.751 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.945 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.339 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.738.3 km NNE of Adak, AK · 2158 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.838 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.946 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 140.
Before
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 153 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.288 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.4103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.160 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.335 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
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