M2.9 earthquake 144 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 144 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 1:09 PM HADT (22:09 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 204 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-12 22:09:59 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.043° N, 178.237° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.768 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4163 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.954 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.081 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.886 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.675 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.993 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 164.
Before
- 2.996 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.789 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.689 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.679 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1118 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.891 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
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