M2.3 earthquake 125 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 125 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 12:22 AM HADT (09:22 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 181 km WNW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-27 09:22:08 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.669° N, 178.426° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 152 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.2121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.896 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.7126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8117 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.643 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.983 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.362 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
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