M1.8 earthquake 252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:43 PM GMT+12 (00:43 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 182 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
- 2020-10-14 00:43:03 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.461° N, 179.772° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.0225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 96 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 172 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 146 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9167.8 km E of Adak, AK · 2158 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 113 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.8260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 221 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
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