M2.3 earthquake 298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:37 AM GMT+12 (19:37 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-19 19:37:33 UTC
- Depth
- 21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.016° N, 179.303° 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
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 2.4266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.1273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
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