M2.3 earthquake 50 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 50 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Nov 17, 2018, 2:51 AM HAST (12:51 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 62 km ESE 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
- 2018-11-17 12:51:37 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.420° N, 176.645° 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: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.557 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9105 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9103 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.846 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.764 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.639 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 141 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.346 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.562 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.316 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.686 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.018 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.720 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.779 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.330 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.834 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.998 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.77 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.466 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 159 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.768 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.252 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.368 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.579 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.160 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.484 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.950 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 150 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.940 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.249 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.131 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
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