M2.1 earthquake 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 4, 2018, 12:07 PM HADT (21:07 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 108 km WSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-04 21:07:57 UTC
- Depth
- 35.9 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.479° N, 178.184° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 179 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.863 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.783 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.682 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.794 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.244 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 6.5108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.384 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.236 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
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