M2.9 earthquake 154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 11:52 PM HADT (08:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 127 km SW 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
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-16 08:52:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.267° N, 178.630° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.9 | 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 213°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0106 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 149 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.6151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.2134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.084 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.878 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.382 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 163.
Before
- 4.5150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.966 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0147 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.986 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
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