M1.7 earthquake 98 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 98 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 9:35 PM HAST (07:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 191 km WSW 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
- 2023-01-28 07:35:47 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.607° N, 177.991° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.610 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 60 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.4107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.3124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.675 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.858 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.371 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.064 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.068 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.739 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.076 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.755 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.269 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.639 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.847 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.890 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.758 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.864 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.790 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.834 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.941 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.015 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
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