M2.1 earthquake 290 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 290 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 4:25 AM GMT+12 (16:25 UTC), 76 km (47 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-13 16:25:59 UTC
- Depth
- 75.9 km (47.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.724° N, 179.160° 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.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 139 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 109 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.9251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 126 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.8220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 177 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 196 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 63 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 134 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 149 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 67 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 158 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
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