M1.9 earthquake 243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 7:48 PM GMT-12 (07:48 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-09-26 07:48:08 UTC
- Depth
- 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.022° N, 179.856° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.6287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2233 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.5158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.8213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
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