M2.2 earthquake 198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 11:19 AM HADT (20:19 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 108 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-11 20:19:40 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.331° N, 179.360° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 150 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 187 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.5108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag
- 2.9121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.5116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 177 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.7237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
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