Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 281 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 281 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 4:48 AM GMT-12 (16:48 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
2019-08-24 16:48:16 UTC
Depth
33.9 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.414° N, 179.921° W
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
23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.6261 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.1240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.1288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.3259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.3214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.0269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.3298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.4277 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.3286 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.6224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.6260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.0246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.8216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away

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