M1.8 earthquake 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 5:51 AM GMT+12 (17:51 UTC), 26 km (16 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-24 17:51:17 UTC
- Depth
- 25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.411° N, 179.883° 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 177 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 163 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 168 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0191 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 221 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 144 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.6203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 228 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.4217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
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