Alaska earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 20 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 11:37 AM HAST (21:37 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 25 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-14 21:37:49 UTC
Depth
65.2 km (40.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.725° N, 176.817° 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
4.5mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.063 · 73 stations
4.4ML, 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 7.9 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
140°
Stations used
111

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.234 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.448 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.420 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 60 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.085 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 3.371 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.372 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.092 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.7110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.892 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.544 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.634 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 134 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.887 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 4.169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.690 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.2111 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.218 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 65 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.20 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 3.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.737 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.326 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 67 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.031 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.675 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 158 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.044 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.361 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.2113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.577 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.972 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.574 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.365 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 3.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.324 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.373 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 4.453 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 157 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.947 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.452 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.583 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.358 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.372 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.961 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.952 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.555 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.861 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.018 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 66 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.520 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.4119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.394 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away

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