M2.8 earthquake 192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:11 AM HADT (16:11 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 127 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-15 16:11:33 UTC
- Depth
- 56.8 km (35.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.447° N, 179.334° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.8 | 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 19.7 km horizontally, 23.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 326°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.6126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3113 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8159 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1117 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.6119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9141 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 86 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.8231 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9214 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
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