M2.9 earthquake 70 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 70 km E of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 5:40 PM HADT (02:40 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 72 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-05 02:40:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.2 km (20.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.783° N, 175.621° 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
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.039 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.360 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.264 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.735 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.771 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 178 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.850 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.233 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 66 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.136 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.858 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.963 km NE of Adak, AK · 2946 days ago · 206 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.150 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.047 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 238 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.279 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.991 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.339 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.821 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.727 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.266 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 180 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.892 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.828 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 202 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 140 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.222 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.861 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.584 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.448 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 129 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 2.433 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.360 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.827 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.176 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 151 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.230 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.471 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 240 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.345 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.798 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.786 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
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