M4.0 earthquake 93 km NE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 93 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 7:56 PM HADT (04:56 UTC), 177 km (110 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-27 04:56:37 UTC
- Depth
- 176.9 km (109.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.494° N, 175.714° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.122 · 18 stations |
| 3.2 | 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 10.1 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.629 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.264 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.827 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.361 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.927 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.927 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 165 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.476 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 145 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.227 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.542 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.462 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 182 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.329 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 149 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.633 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.874 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 191 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.356 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.181 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.875 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 204 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.693 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 159 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.332 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 158 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.358 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 184 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.519 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5113 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9102 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 155 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.587 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.952 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.560 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 162 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.562 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 154 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.554 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.239 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 159 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.499 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 177 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.966 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.751 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 165 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 1.527 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.967 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.870 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.584 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.638 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 149 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.263 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 216 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.224 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 172 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.561 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 214 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.260 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 153 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.171 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 152 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.633 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 174 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.024 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.55 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
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