M2.6 earthquake 32 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 32 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 3:30 AM HAST (13:30 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 122 km WSW 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-28 13:30:20 UTC
- Depth
- 62.2 km (38.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.644° N, 176.921° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 12.6 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 226°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.619 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · -2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.2118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.718 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.590 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.568 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 175 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · -2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.748 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.649 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.355 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.633 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.7115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.648 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.491 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.382 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.428 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.249 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.641 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.050 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.150 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.936 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.346 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.967 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.835 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.854 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 178 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.268 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.845 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 2.419 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.553 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.895 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.496 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.199 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.552 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
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