M1.9 earthquake 111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 8:29 AM HADT (17:29 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 81 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-15 17:29:49 UTC
- Depth
- 36.5 km (22.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.502° N, 178.133° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.5131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.321 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.136 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.482 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.484 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.795 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.530 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1170 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.8187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 217 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 1.8105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 54 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.460 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.839 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
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