M1.6 earthquake 79 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 79 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 8, 2023, 7:39 AM HADT (16:39 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 78 km NNW 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
- 2023-09-08 16:39:13 UTC
- Depth
- -1.8 km (-1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.856° N, 177.787° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 273°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.941 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.689 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.789 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.215 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.768 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.650 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.649 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.759 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.757 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.836 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.954 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.081 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.886 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.632 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 147 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.251 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 2.1101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 84 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.622 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.621 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.891 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.542 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.268 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
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