M2.0 earthquake 96 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 96 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 4:56 PM HADT (01:56 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-25 01:56:03 UTC
- Depth
- 33.2 km (20.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.298° N, 177.685° 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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.389 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 49 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.098 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.699 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 56 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.376 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.496 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.447 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2158 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.765 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.194 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.296 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.095 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.395 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.194 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.230 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.571 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6161 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8122 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 47 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.999 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.299 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 57 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.296 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.2114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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