M1.8 earthquake 7 km ENE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 3:33 AM HADT (12:33 UTC), 69 km (43 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-15 12:33:01 UTC
- Depth
- 68.8 km (42.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.904° N, 176.535° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.476 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.561 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.447 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 197 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.185 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.040 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.114 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 98 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.173 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.739 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.349 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.911 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 74 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 74 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.376 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.791 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.298 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.998 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.987 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.885 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.447 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.335 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.786 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.798 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.471 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 240 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.243 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 205 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.244 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.527 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 139 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.850 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
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