M2.3 earthquake 211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 18, 2018, 1:01 AM HADT (10:01 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-05-18 10:01:07 UTC
- Depth
- 71.2 km (44.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.504° N, 179.637° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.8199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 80 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.4276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6274 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 87 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.6278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 77 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 91 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 1.8278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.3153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
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