M1.9 earthquake 90 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 90 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 12:06 AM HADT (09:06 UTC), 32 km (20 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-24 09:06:04 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.268° N, 177.509° 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
- 16
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
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.1122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.098 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.699 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.376 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.496 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.791 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.298 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.998 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.987 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.885 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.447 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.335 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2158 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.765 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.296 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.7106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.499 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.297 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
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