M2.3 earthquake 277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 7:48 PM GMT+12 (07:48 UTC), 49 km (30 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
- 2018-04-02 07:48:53 UTC
- Depth
- 48.7 km (30.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.328° N, 179.455° 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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.0244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.7234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.8234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 133 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 73.
Before
- 3.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 196 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.8220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 177 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.9251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
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