Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 125 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 125 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 11:15 AM HADT (20:15 UTC), 40 km (25 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
2019-08-30 20:15:16 UTC
Depth
40.4 km (25.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.942° N, 177.653° 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
32

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.2142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.8115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.156 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.7153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.5126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.9133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.555 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.736 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.571 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 2.0129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.7144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.6132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 5.4146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away · tsunami flag
  28. 3.4159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.1148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.0155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.6147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.1149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.5151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.6162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.4149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.3150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.6153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.9147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.3151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.8150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.1151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.7155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.1149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 3.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 3.8156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 1.5147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.6149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.4146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.2152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.7150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.3153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.898 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.447 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.6136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.5136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.569 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.662 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.633 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.6133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 3.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.9133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.4177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.7180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away

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