Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 212 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 212 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 11:14 AM HADT (20:14 UTC), 176 km (109 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 206 km WNW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-08 20:14:15 UTC
Depth
176.0 km (109.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.061° N, 179.718° 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
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 140 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 146 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 161 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.3125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.2121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.4123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.8296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 2.4296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 186 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.1142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.6223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.6130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away

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