M2.8 earthquake 5 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 9:29 PM HAST (07:29 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 20 km SW 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-14 07:29:35 UTC
- Depth
- 91.5 km (56.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.833° N, 176.600° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.466 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 159 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.899 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.797 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.243 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 146 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.671 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 142 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.156 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.761 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.356 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.868 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.985 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.773 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.160 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.243 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.959 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.646 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.078 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.087 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 247 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.874 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.831 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.554 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.154 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.893 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 187 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.394 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.520 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.018 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 120.
Before
- 1.77 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 144 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.998 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.834 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.330 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.779 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.720 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.018 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.686 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.316 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
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