M1.7 earthquake 68 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 68 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 10:54 AM HAST (20:54 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 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
- 2023-01-09 20:54:23 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.258° N, 176.544° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.142 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.867 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.640 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.5101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.096 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 161 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.955 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.850 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.514 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.034 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.572 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.738 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.146 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.151 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.278 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.015 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.941 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.141 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.834 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 157.
Before
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.847 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.844 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.337 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.029 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
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