M2.0 earthquake 225 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 225 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 7:48 PM HADT (04:48 UTC), 90 km (56 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-28 04:48:17 UTC
- Depth
- 90.2 km (56.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.757° N, 179.901° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 221 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 153 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 100 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2168 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 205 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 127 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 172 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 146 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 1.7255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 87 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0191 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 168 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 163 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 177 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 144 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
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