M2.3 earthquake 97 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 97 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 22, 2018, 10:23 PM HADT (07:23 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 94 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-23 07:23:42 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.281° N, 177.670° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.297 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.499 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.296 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.7107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.2105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 49 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.098 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 34 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.699 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.376 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.496 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.447 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.2158 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.765 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.294 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.0103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.496 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 42 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 47 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.694 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.1102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 6.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.799 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
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