M1.7 earthquake 271 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 271 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 1:20 PM GMT+12 (01:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-09 01:20:11 UTC
- Depth
- 8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.945° N, 179.421° E
- 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 3.3 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 324°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 140 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 629 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 629 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 629 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 628 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 626 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 622 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 621 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 620 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 620 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 619 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 619 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 618 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 617 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 615 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 613 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 613 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 613 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9292 km W of Adak, Alaska · 613 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 613 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 613 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 613 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.2204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 611 days ago · 172 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 611 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 611 days ago · 121 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 610 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 610 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 609 days ago · 105 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 607 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 607 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 607 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 606 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 606 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.1246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 606 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 605 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 605 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 605 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 603 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 600 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 598 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 597 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 596 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 596 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 595 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 595 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 595 days ago · 184 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 594 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 594 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 593 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 593 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 592 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 591 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 632 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 632 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 633 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 634 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 638 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.7264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 640 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 641 days ago · 170 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 641 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 647 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 648 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
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