M2.0 earthquake 78 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 78 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 5:23 AM HADT (14:23 UTC), 41 km (25 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-13 14:23:17 UTC
- Depth
- 40.6 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.409° N, 177.486° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.244 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.5108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag
- 4.2125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 53 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.598 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.527 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 139 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
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