M2.3 earthquake 241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 11:45 PM GMT-12 (11:45 UTC), 9 km (6 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-06 11:45:58 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.047° N, 179.842° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.6287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 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 · 63 km away
- 1.9256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 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 · 72 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2233 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.6272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.4240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.5158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8152 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9284 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1179 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
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