M1.9 earthquake 221 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 221 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 12:07 PM HADT (21:07 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 193 km WSW 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
- 2020-08-16 21:07:51 UTC
- Depth
- 71.8 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.604° N, 179.816° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 145 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 67 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 137 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 158 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 186 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 206 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 77 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.2232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 162.
Before
- 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.2130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
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