M1.8 earthquake 102 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 102 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 3:20 AM HADT (12:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 150 km SW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-21 12:20:31 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.868° N, 178.121° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 230°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.694 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.999 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.697 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.793 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.792 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1289 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.592 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.498 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.598 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.099 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.099 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.899 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9112 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.698 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.688 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.798 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.5100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.099 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.1100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.155 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.098 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.698 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.099 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.3105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.6137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.699 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.497 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.599 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.993 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1291 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.899 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.099 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.3100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7100 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91814321. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.