Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 168 km WNW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 168 km WNW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 2:35 PM HAST (00:35 UTC), 209 km (130 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-11-19 00:35:05 UTC
Depth
209.5 km (130.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.533° N, 178.853° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.6ML, 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 15.7 km horizontally, 14.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 151 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.7168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.6165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.7166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 2.0171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.1226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.9146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.582 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.6189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.0106 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 149 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006d08 (also filed as ak019eu6slzq). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.