Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 66 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 66 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 7, 2019, 2:11 PM HADT (23:11 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 51 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-07 23:11:22 UTC
Depth
28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.364° N, 176.124° 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
3.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
3.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
36

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.951 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.148 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.663 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.248 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.1101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.894 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.554 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.884 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.086 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.679 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.441 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.899 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.388 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.847 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.196 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.581 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.5116 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.7110 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.379 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.833 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.435 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.044 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.841 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 3.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.685 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 3.994 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.684 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.029 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.189 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.8110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 2.538 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 2.370 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.077 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.124 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.261 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.449 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 2.011 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.658 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 1.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 2.140 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 2.667 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.436 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.954 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 1.656 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 1.738 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.194 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.143 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.845 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.926 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.277 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.375 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.642 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.574 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.879 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.742 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.560 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away

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