M1.9 earthquake 113 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 113 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 4:12 PM HADT (01:12 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 97 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-18 01:12:23 UTC
- Depth
- 20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.232° N, 177.911° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7164 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.796 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.196 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.851 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.5100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.4105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.739 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.349 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.299 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.299 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.4118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.799 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
- 6.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.1102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.694 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.496 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.0103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.297 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.499 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.0100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.0112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.185 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.3118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 62 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away · tsunami flag
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