M1.9 earthquake 49 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 49 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 8:40 AM HADT (17:40 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 44 km SSE 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
- 2023-08-28 17:40:19 UTC
- Depth
- 32.4 km (20.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.436° N, 176.554° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.984 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.869 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.751 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.969 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.718 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.457 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1128 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1128 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.566 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.053 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.677 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.655 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.144 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.365 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.790 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.953 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.868 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.086 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.770 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.751 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.244 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.268 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.738 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.081 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.993 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.5103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.542 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.053 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.891 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.621 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.622 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.679 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.751 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.779 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.941 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.543 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.689 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.169 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.0100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.858 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.883 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.841 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.858 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.640 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.037 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.580 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.769 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
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