Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 205 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 205 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 12:45 AM HADT (09:45 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-13 09:45:18 UTC
Depth
78.5 km (48.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.625° N, 179.577° 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
43

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 66 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 88 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.7145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.9263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.3146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.3143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.3156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 249 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.7166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.5165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.4177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 3.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 68 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.0165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.1169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 1.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.2142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 1.8115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 3.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 3.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 2.0113 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 181 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 3.7153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 3.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.5203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 5.4146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away · tsunami flag
  53. 3.4159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.1148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.0155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 1.6147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.1149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.5151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.6143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.6159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.6174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.6140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.0281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 161 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.6153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.2156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.5156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.7151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.3156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

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