Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 49 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 6:52 PM HADT (03:52 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 41 km NE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-04-09 03:52:25 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.500° N, 176.241° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.8ML, 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
213°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.342 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.160 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.167 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.028 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.974 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.961 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.27 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 144 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.161 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.580 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.028 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.438 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.4123 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.457 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.845 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.467 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.689 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.140 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.9120 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.632 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 1.923 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 2.980 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 168 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.936 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 4.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 2.490 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.369 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.253 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 57 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 1.560 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.742 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.075 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.879 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.574 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.642 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 2.375 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.277 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.926 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 1.845 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.143 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.194 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.738 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 120.

Before

  1. 1.928 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.725 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.681 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.370 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.050 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.497 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.350 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.444 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.961 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.747 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 3.256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.977 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.845 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 138 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.268 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.854 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 178 km deep · 81 km away

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