M2.6 earthquake 183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 2:35 AM HADT (11:35 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-17 11:35:51 UTC
- Depth
- 18.4 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.324° N, 179.137° 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
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.785 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.5131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 146 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.0114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.092 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.7168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
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