M2.1 earthquake 170 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 170 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 1:42 AM HADT (10:42 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 128 km SW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-06 10:42:00 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.533° N, 177.820° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.373 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7253 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.387 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9210 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6225 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.793 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.484 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9105 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9103 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 1.7135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.195 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.192 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.594 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
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