M1.9 earthquake 271 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 271 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 10:34 PM GMT+12 (10:34 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Rat 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-06 10:34:56 UTC
- Depth
- 56.3 km (35.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.505° N, 179.482° 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
- 31
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 59 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1183 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 173 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9274 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 54 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 128.
Before
- 2.1198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 67 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 174 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
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