M1.8 earthquake 240 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 240 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 3:10 PM GMT+12 (03:10 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2020-10-29 03:10:06 UTC
- Depth
- 64.3 km (40.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.506° N, 179.942° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9167.8 km E of Adak, AK · 2159 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 51 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.0264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.8260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.4214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.8289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.3288 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 2.1202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 146 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 172 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
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