M1.6 earthquake 189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 10:50 PM HADT (07:50 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-16 07:50:32 UTC
- Depth
- 63.9 km (39.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.486° N, 179.297° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 223 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 154 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.9233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0143 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 152 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
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