M1.9 earthquake 51 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 8:28 PM HADT (05:28 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 47 km WSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-28 05:28:53 UTC
- Depth
- 59.3 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.740° N, 175.922° 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: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.569 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.551 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.285.5 km W of Adak, AK · 2161 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.654.0 km NNW of Adak, AK · 2161 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.791 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.867 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.245 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.043 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.751 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.945 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.660.7 km NE of Atka, AK · 2158 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.877.5 km WNW of Adak, AK · 2157 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.738.3 km NNE of Adak, AK · 2157 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.838 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.880 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 65 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.946 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 72 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 247 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.741 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.544 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 68 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.863 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.960 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.669 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.668 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 156 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.745 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.346 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 213 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.832 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 137 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.4114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.563 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.954 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 158 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.941 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.632 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 121.
Before
- 1.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.978 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.373 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 239 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.079 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.674 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 158 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.986 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.981 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 185 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.580 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 167 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
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