M1.5 earthquake 38 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 38 km S of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 1:28 PM HADT (22:28 UTC), 64 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 80 km SW 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-28 22:28:55 UTC
- Depth
- 63.5 km (39.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.529° N, 176.730° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 143 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.643 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.983 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.649 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.362 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.572 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.262 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.867 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.023 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.373 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.139 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.650 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.026 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.890 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.6107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.180 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.572 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.958 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.032 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 114 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.049 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.387 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.457 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.988 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.526 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.637 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 58 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 161.
Before
- 2.170 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.896 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.086 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.448 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 129 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.584 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.222 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.594 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.2101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.581 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
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