M2.3 earthquake 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:09 AM HADT (12:09 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 124 km WSW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-20 12:09:06 UTC
- Depth
- 52.2 km (32.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.384° N, 178.193° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.4124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.9100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 52 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.7140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.961 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.592 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.775 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.886 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 61 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 56 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 59 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.342 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.160 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 74 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.4141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.574 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.891 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 57 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.9214 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 161.
Before
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 57 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.936 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.050 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.641 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4162 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
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