M1.9 earthquake 263 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 263 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 7:38 PM GMT+12 (07:38 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-14 07:38:43 UTC
- Depth
- 13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.792° N, 179.543° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 330°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 180 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 168 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.5195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 1.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 161 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 143 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
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