M1.8 earthquake 171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 6:22 PM HADT (03:22 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2023-08-22 03:22:01 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.368° N, 178.969° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 151 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.373 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.8245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.8244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.4108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.5109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.893 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7238 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.0152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 37 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.584 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
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