M2.2 earthquake 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 7:04 AM GMT-12 (19:04 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 287 km WSW of Adak, 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-24 19:04:11 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.978° N, 179.810° 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: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 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 · 73 km away
- 2.1170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.6287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
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