M1.9 earthquake 42 km NNW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 42 km NNW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 18, 2019, 1:33 PM HADT (22:33 UTC), 131 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 93 km NE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-18 22:33:04 UTC
- Depth
- 131.4 km (81.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.233° N, 176.825° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.834 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.847 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.275 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.093 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 177 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.633 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.447 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.476 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 145 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.156 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.633 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.555 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 140 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 191 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.146 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.965 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.875 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 204 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.784 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.353 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.358 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 184 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.126 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.338 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.352 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.519 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.945 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9102 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 155 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.543 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.945 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.939 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.355 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.779 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.775 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.856 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.952 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 73.
Before
- 1.846 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.638 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 149 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.654 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.854 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.656 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.561 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 214 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.260 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 153 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.056 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.569 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.663 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.171 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 152 km deep · 82 km away
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