M2.0 earthquake 265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 1:43 PM GMT+12 (01:43 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-18 01:43:54 UTC
- Depth
- 54.2 km (33.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.398° N, 179.607° 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: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 54 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.2182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 213 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.4193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 170 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9327 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.2180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 69 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.3192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8339 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.3262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 72 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 52 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.2230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 166 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.2265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 173 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
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