Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 44 km S of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 44 km S of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 7:59 PM HAST (05:59 UTC), 36 km (22 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
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-12 05:59:59 UTC
Depth
35.8 km (22.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.479° N, 176.726° 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
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.9ML, 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 4.8 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
220°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.961 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.372 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.520 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.234 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.448 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.420 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.085 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.371 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.372 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.092 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.7110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.892 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.544 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.634 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 134 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.887 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.296 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 4.169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 2.690 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.218 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.20 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 3.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 1.737 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.326 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 67 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.031 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 52 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 2.044 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.361 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.577 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 1.972 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.574 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 2.365 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 3.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.324 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.373 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 4.453 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 157 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.947 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 1.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 2.177 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.452 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.583 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 116.

Before

  1. 1.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.952 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.555 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.861 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.018 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.520 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.1119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.4119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.394 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.4123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away

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