M1.9 earthquake 140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 1:03 PM HAST (23:03 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Andreanof 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
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-02 23:03:35 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.519° N, 178.591° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 3.8124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.2127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.394 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.6136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.2117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.6146 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 245 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.861 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.952 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 138.
Before
- 1.8136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 170 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.9138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
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