M1.6 earthquake 100 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 100 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 1:40 PM HADT (22:40 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 143 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
- 2023-04-11 22:40:25 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.859° N, 178.094° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 213°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.899 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.6130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.878 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6152 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.698 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1269 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.496 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.683 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.2118 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 198 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2191 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.497 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.098 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0102 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.997 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.999 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.899 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.451 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.798 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.797 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.697 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.697 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1264 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.496 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.059 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.097 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.698 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.1113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.7102 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.999 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.897 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1263 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.5112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1262 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.396 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1262 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1262 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.377 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.070 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 123 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.597 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1271 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.996 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.697 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1271 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.034 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.579 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91844796. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC.