M1.6 earthquake 145 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 145 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 1:46 AM HAST (11:46 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-30 11:46:07 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.815° N, 178.741° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 284°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.3124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.675 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.858 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.076 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.755 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.269 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.4177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.890 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.4218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.788 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.790 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.794 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.695 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.191 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.375 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.991 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.190 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.791 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.691 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · -2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.391 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.692 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.2116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.4107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.798 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
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