M1.9 earthquake 68 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 68 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 4:10 AM HADT (13:10 UTC), 25 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-17 13:10:01 UTC
- Depth
- 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.422° N, 175.957° 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
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.937 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.718 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.841 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.017 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 215 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.995 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.162 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.239 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 133 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.315 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 188 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.868 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.548 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.410 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.572 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.743 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.252 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.840 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.687 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.534 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.739 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.244 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.057 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.567 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.983 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.246 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 208 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.767 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.677 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.587 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.652 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.772 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.669 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.687 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 151 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.388 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.641 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.823 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6108 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.074 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.965 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.127 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.945 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
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