M1.9 earthquake 265 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 265 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 5:42 AM GMT+12 (17:42 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-19 17:42:08 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.878° N, 179.509° 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, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 299°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.3282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 158 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.3227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 139 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.9251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 133 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.8220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 177 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 196 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 217 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 85 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 143 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 236 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0286 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 255 km deep · 54 km away
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