M2.4 earthquake 261 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 261 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 12:34 AM GMT+12 (12:34 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 287 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-12 12:34:41 UTC
- Depth
- 60.9 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.489° N, 179.642° E
- 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: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 140 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 69 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 146 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 57 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 161 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 132 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 95 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 152 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 176 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 144 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
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