M1.8 earthquake 293 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 293 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 8:38 PM GMT+12 (08:38 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2019-09-18 08:38:44 UTC
- Depth
- 77.2 km (48.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.661° N, 179.129° E
- 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 89 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 168 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.5195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 130 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 144 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 150 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 224 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.3233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 138 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 76 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 165 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 75 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 111 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 158 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 180 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
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