M1.7 earthquake 130 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 130 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 11:46 AM HAST (21:46 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 84 km W 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
- 2020-01-19 21:46:41 UTC
- Depth
- 21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.163° N, 178.125° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.3133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.493 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.6138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.382 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.383 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.883 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.682 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.881 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.881 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.982 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.984 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.783 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.583 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.881 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.680 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.682 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.780 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.481 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.780 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.881 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.880 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.881 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.082 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.882 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.881 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 6.284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
- 4.180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.378 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.390 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
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