Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 3, 2019, 9:23 AM GMT-12 (21:23 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-03 21:23:56 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.988° N, 179.888° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.6260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.9264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.7178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.3273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.2259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.8257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.8232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.6151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.6224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 177 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.7261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.8217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.4185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.6228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.3156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.5156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.2156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.6153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 4.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 161 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.0281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.6174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.6159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.9205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.9263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.7166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.4277 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 1.9281 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.4177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 3.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.7288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 2.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.1169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 1.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 186.

Before

  1. 1.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.8166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.1157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.0224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.8188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.8216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 149 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.7222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.9293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.0209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.8195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.6268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.8271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.6164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.5161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away

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