M1.8 earthquake 295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 5:21 AM GMT+12 (17:21 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 238 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-28 17:21:38 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.037° N, 179.337° 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: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 156 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 146 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.4217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.0291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 113.
Before
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.8211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 186 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
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