Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 231 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 231 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 3, 2020, 3:18 PM HADT (00:18 UTC), 173 km (107 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-04 00:18:40 UTC
Depth
172.8 km (107.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.857° N, 179.990° 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
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.3291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.6290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.9251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.9284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.6218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 76 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.6195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.8250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.0295 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.5248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 179 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.3211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.7177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.8229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 92 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.7241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.9215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.8225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.0200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.7148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 3.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 2.3223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 84 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.8298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 3.6134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 134 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.2196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.7178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.8270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 3.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.6266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.5247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.9173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.3246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.4210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 102 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.5242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 1.9167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.1258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.5260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.9255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 2.2233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 126 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 2.1149 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.9188 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 237 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 98 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 1.9260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.1153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.8228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.9269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.0205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 1.7280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.5238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 74 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 2.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 94 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 1.9206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 3.0229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 220 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.6166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.7195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.0233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.8239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.9183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.1280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 3.0253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.6229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 154 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.9194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.7195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.6192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.8227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 3.9270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away

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