M2.3 earthquake 227 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 227 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 2:53 PM HADT (23:53 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 208 km W 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-15 23:53:54 UTC
- Depth
- 85.8 km (53.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.726° N, 179.928° 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.5131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.9251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.8220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 177 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 196 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 217 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 86 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.8234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 158 km deep · 85 km away
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