M1.9 earthquake 235 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 235 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 6:56 AM HADT (15:56 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 201 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
- 2023-08-21 15:56:49 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.747° N, 179.953° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.1284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 98 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.6275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 97 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.8172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 172 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.0214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.8204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2220 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 242 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 2.0235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.9233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.0292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 154 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 223 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
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