M2.8 earthquake 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Nov 10, 2023, 12:18 PM HAST (22:18 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 134 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-10 22:18:00 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.017° N, 179.489° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations |
| 2.4 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 5.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 233°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.7150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.2240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.6133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3209 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.0205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.6191 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.8292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.1202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.5174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 2.9195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.6219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.4241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 104 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
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