M1.8 earthquake 39 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 39 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 16, 2024, 12:03 PM HADT (21:03 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 35 km ESE 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-16 21:03:51 UTC
- Depth
- 45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.544° N, 176.427° 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.
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.141 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 149 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.964 km W of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.814 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.088 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 867 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.782 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.891 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.071 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 866 days ago · 182 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.166 km S of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.761 km W of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.930 km S of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.876 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 865 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.060 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.568 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 863 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.558 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 863 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.643 km W of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.076 km W of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.175 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.070 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1114 km S of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.935 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.268 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.731 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 861 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 169 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.593 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.558 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 860 days ago · 170 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.642 km W of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.564 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.741 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.887 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 869 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.739 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 870 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.754 km W of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.694 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1113 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 872 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 142 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.678 km W of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.889 km S of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.889 km S of Adak, Alaska · 874 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
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