M1.5 earthquake 128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:52 AM HADT (15:52 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 149 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-11 15:52:51 UTC
- Depth
- 26.7 km (16.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.391° N, 178.327° 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
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.4134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.755 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.579 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.673 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7149 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0143 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6143 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.966 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.5119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.1110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.584 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.373 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 186 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.071 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.182 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
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