M1.9 earthquake 72 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 72 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 2:53 AM HAST (12:53 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-27 12:53:41 UTC
- Depth
- 25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.586° N, 175.698° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0127 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8139 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.946 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.639 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.145 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.031 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.549 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.565 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.041 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.798 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.467 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 172 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9126 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.956 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.460 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.743 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.089 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.784 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.945 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.127 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.837 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.965 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.074 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6108 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.823 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.641 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.023 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 184 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.845 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 247 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.937 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 162.
Before
- 1.659 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.965 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 150 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.657 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.362 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.725 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.869 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.637 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.840 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.178 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
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