M1.7 earthquake 238 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 238 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 6:24 AM HADT (15:24 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-29 15:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.711° N, 179.925° E
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.9 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 345°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 172 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.2220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 242 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 80 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 158.
Before
- 2.0284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
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