M1.5 earthquake 260 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 260 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 12:36 PM GMT+12 (00:36 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-29 00:36:53 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.883° N, 179.589° E
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 297°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.3281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 120 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9239 km W of Adak, AK · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 197 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.7237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 150 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 187 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 143 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 177 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 3.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 87 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1274 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 170 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 89 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
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