M2.3 earthquake 236 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 236 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 5:57 PM HADT (02:57 UTC), 90 km (56 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-17 02:57:51 UTC
- Depth
- 90.0 km (55.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.680° N, 179.957° 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 82 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 82 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 176 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 140 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 100 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 146 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 161 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 82.
Before
- 2.7234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 177 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 187 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 150 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 85 km deep · 6 km away
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