M1.9 earthquake 90 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 90 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 20, 2023, 8:27 AM HADT (17:27 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 135 km WSW 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
- 2023-05-20 17:27:53 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.373° N, 177.671° 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
- 40
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 161 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7117 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.231 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.617 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.542 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.087 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.736 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.785 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.989 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 56 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.762 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.555 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.758 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 71 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.2151 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.659 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.598 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.174 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.677 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.678 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.966 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.862 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.3130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.164 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.228 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.590 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.640 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.615 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
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