Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 43 km ENE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 43 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 8:03 PM HAST (06:03 UTC), 6 km (3 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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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 8:03 PM HAST
UTC: 2018-11-20 06:03:12 UTC
Depth: 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 52.060° N, 176.084° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.49	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.112 · 2 stations

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: 14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 105.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018evxppr0 (also filed as ak20384364, av70812469). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.