Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 12:11 PM HAST (22:11 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-03-02 22:11:49 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.132° N, 178.687° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 13.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
292°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
42

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.8135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.1172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 3.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.7115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.8125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 5.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.9137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.491 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.0154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.4145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.3152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.382 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.6131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.5129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.4162 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.5127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 3.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.5127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 4.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.4126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.3120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.4125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.4124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.8141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 2.9100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 4.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 3.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 3.2220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.2194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.6226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 3.7140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 1.592 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 2.171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.590 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.2118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.0171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.6166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.895 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.496 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.199 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.5139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.2150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.475 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away

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