M1.9 earthquake 218 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 218 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 7:16 PM HADT (04:16 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 126 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-01 04:16:00 UTC
- Depth
- 71.9 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.609° N, 179.773° 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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 82 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 186 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 176 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 140 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 72 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 146 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 161 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 85 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
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