M1.9 earthquake 12 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 12 km S of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 4:05 PM HADT (01:05 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 68 km SSW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-21 01:05:46 UTC
- Depth
- 68.6 km (42.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.762° N, 176.664° 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.
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.985 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.682 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.662 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.035 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.879 km E of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.693 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.348 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 178 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.179 km E of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.563 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 766 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.024 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 106 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.829 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.872 km E of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 131 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.073 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 215 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 156 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.558 km E of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.785 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.677 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.941 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.056 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.096 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.950 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 268 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.293 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.499 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.447 km E of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 131 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.653 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.745 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.024 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.519 km S of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 81 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 777 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 777 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
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