M2.3 earthquake 286 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 286 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 4:09 PM GMT+12 (04:09 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2018-08-10 04:09:26 UTC
- Depth
- 69.7 km (43.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.596° N, 179.236° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.7237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 150 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 187 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 143 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 177 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 144 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 176 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 102.
Before
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 197 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9239 km W of Adak, AK · 2983 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
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