M1.8 earthquake 41 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 41 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 11:09 AM HADT (20:09 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km WNW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-19 20:09:03 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.523° N, 176.817° 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
- 27
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.017 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 215 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.791 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.162 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.071 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.366 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.239 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.842 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.315 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 188 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.866 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 90 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.898 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2385 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.868 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.678 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.772 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.579 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.548 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.410 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.572 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.743 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.5116 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2381 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 197 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.252 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.579 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.840 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.534 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.576 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.739 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.075 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.796 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.544 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.244 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.962 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.718 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.3123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.662 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.937 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.641 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.823 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 72 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.0115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.680 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.779 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
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