M1.8 earthquake 47 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km S of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:15 PM HADT (00:15 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 59 km SE 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-21 00:15:48 UTC
- Depth
- 49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.444° N, 176.645° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.275 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.584 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.633 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.569 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.447 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.898 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.381 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.598 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.156 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.633 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.672 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.555 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.571 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.480 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 191 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.146 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.965 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.199 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.784 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.353 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.789 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.129 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.893 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 135.
Before
- 1.834 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.092 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.638 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 149 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.654 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.854 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6104 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.656 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.692 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
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