M1.9 earthquake 97 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 97 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 2:02 AM HADT (11:02 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 91 km SSE 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
- 2018-08-09 11:02:43 UTC
- Depth
- 37.2 km (23.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.629° N, 175.282° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.850 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.668 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 208 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.116 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.31 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.476 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.040 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.332 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.114 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.173 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.739 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.911 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.642 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 220 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.829 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 197 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.989 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.791 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.298 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.998 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.987 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.6107 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.8105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0113 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9109 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.885 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.335 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.3110 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 156.
Before
- 3.059 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3146 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.444 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.574 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 169 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.163 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 225 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.224 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.063 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 165 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.244 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 174 km deep · 94 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018a5obzki (also filed as ak20106704). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.