M1.8 earthquake 256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 9:27 AM GMT+12 (21:27 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 214 km W 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
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-31 21:27:43 UTC
- Depth
- 46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.467° N, 179.714° E
- 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 172 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 760 days ago · 165 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 759 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 759 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 757 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 71 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 755 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 181 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.2257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 65 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 752 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.6207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.2267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 121 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.5297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 750 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 749 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 748 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 748 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.0214 km W of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 167 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 746 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 745 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 744 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 744 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.5232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 761 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 65 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 763 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 766 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.3293 km W of Adak, Alaska · 767 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.7207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 768 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 769 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 769 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2195 km W of Adak, Alaska · 770 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
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