M1.8 earthquake 42 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 42 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 18, 2023, 12:14 PM HADT (21:14 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 34 km SSW 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
- 2023-05-18 21:14:58 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.528° N, 176.365° 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
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.640 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.771 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.674 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.231 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.617 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.255 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.684 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.358 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.657 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.542 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.087 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.736 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.785 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.964 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.989 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.762 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.555 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.366 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.758 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.873 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.659 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.955 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 129 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.427 km N of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 205 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.615 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.654 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.537 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.768 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.959 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.128 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.942 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.150 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.222 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 163 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.654 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.959 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
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