M2.3 earthquake 72 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 72 km E of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 10:18 PM HAST (08:18 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 90 km E 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-17 08:18:56 UTC
- Depth
- 85.4 km (53.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.885° N, 175.581° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.544 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.634 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.296 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.690 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.218 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.20 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.326 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.031 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.675 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 158 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.044 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.361 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.577 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.574 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.324 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.373 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 65 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.485 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.453 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 157 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.947 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.452 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.583 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.324 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.025 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.339 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.242 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.030 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.926 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.340 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.552 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.553 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.595 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.052 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.420 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.448 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.234 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.520 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.018 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.520 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
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