M2.0 earthquake 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 9:47 PM GMT-12 (09:47 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 Andreanof 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-12 09:47:19 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.023° N, 179.803° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 90 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 50 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.7237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9239 km W of Adak, AK · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 120 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
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