M2.0 earthquake 63 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 2:33 AM HADT (11:33 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 135 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-22 11:33:36 UTC
- Depth
- 68.3 km (42.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.601° N, 177.436° 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
- 47
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.459 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.992 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.688 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.588 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.073 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7142 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.028 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 205 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 188 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 57 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.618 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.843 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.551 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.677 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.2149 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.793 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.583 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 157 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.638 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.153 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 145 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.780 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.588 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.525 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 161 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.2130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
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