M1.9 earthquake 139 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 139 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 5:49 PM HAST (03:49 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 124 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-19 03:49:48 UTC
- Depth
- 27.3 km (17.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.168° N, 178.287° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.878 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · -2 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.078 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.878 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.941 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.559 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.549 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.369 km SW of Adak, AK · 2133 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.864 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9159 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.4214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.076 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.680 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.566 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.882 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.593 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.2136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.6161 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.6192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.690 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.788 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
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