M2.0 earthquake 70 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 70 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 11:38 AM HADT (20:38 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 62 km ESE 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-06 20:38:24 UTC
- Depth
- 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.519° N, 175.790° 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: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.867 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.023 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.373 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.139 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.650 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.026 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.679 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 230 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.368 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.958 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.049 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.281 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 136 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.172 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 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 · 63 km away
- 1.988 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.526 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.067 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.637 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.986 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.571 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.831 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.489 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.363 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.627 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.053 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.651 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 168 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.969 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.093 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.037 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 2.262 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.572 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.362 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.058 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.643 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.538 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.170 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.448 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
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