Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 87 km ENE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 87 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 1:38 AM HAST (11:38 UTC), 247 km (153 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 53 km ENE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-02 11:38:56 UTC
Depth
246.8 km (153.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.291° N, 175.554° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
3.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 8.6 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.928 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.874 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.854 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.893 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 187 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.520 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.448 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.052 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.372 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.544 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.634 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 134 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.296 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.218 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.20 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.675 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 158 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.66 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 143 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.574 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.324 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.373 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.485 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 108 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 4.453 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 157 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 4.125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.452 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.845 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 161 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.324 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.174 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.88 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 2.595 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.433 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.419 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.128 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.768 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 90 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 4.151 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 201 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.568 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 175 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 3.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.266 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.646 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.520 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.243 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.160 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.773 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.953 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.356 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.978 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 237 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.851 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 174 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.122 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.671 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 142 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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