M2.6 earthquake 222 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 222 km WNW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 11:09 PM HAST (09:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 208 km W 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
- 2019-01-25 09:09:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.891° N, 179.448° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 300°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6207 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 156 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5172 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jbwz (also filed as ak01915hujee). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.