M1.8 earthquake 28 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 28 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:43 PM HADT (08:43 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 68 km SSE 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
- 2020-08-27 08:43:19 UTC
- Depth
- 58.3 km (36.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.625° N, 176.749° 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
- 36
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.028 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 205 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 188 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.618 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 66 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.843 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.551 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.677 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.794 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.981 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.793 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.583 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.074 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.071 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.689 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.815 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.145 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.796 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.872 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.537 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.463 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 210 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.5103 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.587 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.676 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.852 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.851 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.270 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 197 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 1.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.040 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.370 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 217 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.073 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.976 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 162 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.147 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.072 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 153 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.588 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.688 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.770 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 152 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.992 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.459 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
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