M2.0 earthquake 281 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 281 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 1:03 AM GMT+12 (13:03 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Rat 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-11 13:03:44 UTC
- Depth
- 26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.543° N, 179.334° E
- 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: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 180 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 102 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 158 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 161 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 143 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 177 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
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