M2.8 earthquake 233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 18, 2023, 2:21 AM HADT (11:21 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-18 11:21:48 UTC
- Depth
- 66.5 km (41.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.444° N, 179.940° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 146 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.9282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 144 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 171 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 63 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 174 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 65 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.2150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 142 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9277 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
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