M1.8 earthquake 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 11:40 PM GMT-12 (11:40 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Andreanof 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-28 11:40:07 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.080° N, 179.888° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.3155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6247 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.6182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 143 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9159 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 156 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 154 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
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