Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 6:05 AM GMT+12 (18:05 UTC), 19 km (11 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
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-12 18:05:01 UTC
Depth
18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.360° N, 179.895° E
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
32

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.9205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.9263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.7166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.4177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 3.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.7288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.0165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.1169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 1.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 3.7153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 3.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 1.5203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 3.4159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.0155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 2.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.5151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.6162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.3150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.6153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.3151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.8150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.1151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.1149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.2152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 1.6159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.6174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.0281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 161 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.6153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.5156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.3156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.6228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.4185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.8217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.7261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 177 km deep · 46 km away

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