M1.9 earthquake 263 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 263 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:02 PM GMT+12 (02:02 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 211 km W 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-20 02:02:51 UTC
- Depth
- 67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.539° N, 179.590° E
- 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.9261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.9270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 111 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 154 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 86 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.1280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 220 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 173 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.4298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0295 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 72 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.5248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 179 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.7241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 2.5211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.9278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 168 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 145 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.4252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.1268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 83 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 66 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
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