M1.6 earthquake 87 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 87 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 10:56 AM HADT (19:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 46 km SSW 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
- 2023-10-26 19:56:26 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.859° N, 177.902° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.34
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.695 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.576 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.693 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.698 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1107 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 133 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.243 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.850 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 94 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.6145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.144 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.595 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.0149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.638 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.589 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.889 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.089 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.654 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.059 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.088 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.9147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.935 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.793 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.6133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.132 km N of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.827 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.566 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.695 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.6184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.066 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.889 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.737 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av92097131. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.