M1.7 earthquake 38.3 km NNE of Adak, AK
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 38.3 km NNE of Adak, AK on Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 4:59 AM HAST (14:59 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 124 km SW 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
- 2020-11-04 14:59:29 UTC
- Depth
- 32.2 km (20.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.544° N, 176.794° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.838 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.880 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.946 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.741 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.544 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.863 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.960 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.690 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.668 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 156 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.745 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 61 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.346 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 213 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.878 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · -2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.078 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.878 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.832 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.4114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.954 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 158 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.941 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.632 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.314 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.559 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.345 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 1.877.5 km WNW of Adak, AK · 2161 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 3.945 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 1.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.751 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.881 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.245 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 133 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.867 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.654.0 km NNW of Adak, AK · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.551 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.569 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.978 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
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