M2.4 earthquake 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 12:59 PM GMT-12 (00:59 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 287 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-21 00:59:25 UTC
- Depth
- 49.9 km (31.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.106° N, 179.856° 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: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 140 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 146 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.8296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 78.
Before
- 4.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 70 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
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