M1.8 earthquake 47 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:13 AM HADT (15:13 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 127 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-16 15:13:43 UTC
- Depth
- 45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.480° N, 176.898° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.196 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.581 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7110 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.379 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.833 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.435 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.044 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 6.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 2.4124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.685 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.994 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.684 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.029 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.189 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.492 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.895 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.538 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.124 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.261 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 1.8104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.388 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.441 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.679 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6112 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.774 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.097 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.892 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.6119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.248 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.663 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.148 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.466 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
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