Alaska earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 210 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 210 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 16, 2018, 8:47 AM HADT (17:47 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, May 16, 2018, 8:47 AM HADT
UTC: 2018-05-16 17:47:39 UTC
Depth: 117.9 km (73.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.961° N, 179.697° 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
4.0	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.055 · 88 stations
4.0	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 10.0 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 143°
Stations used: 101

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 119.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e6iw (also filed as ak19591849, ak018697hq1c). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.