M1.8 earthquake 271 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 271 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 3:59 PM GMT+12 (03:59 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 209 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-09 03:59:47 UTC
- Depth
- 23.6 km (14.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.560° N, 179.463° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 207 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 207 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 204 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 204 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.3188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 204 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 203 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.5268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 203 days ago · 81 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 203 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 202 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 200 days ago · 180 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 199 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 198 days ago · 96 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 198 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 197 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 197 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 197 days ago · 136 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 197 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 197 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 196 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 196 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 196 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 196 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 196 days ago · 60 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.4251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 195 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 194 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 194 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.8261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 193 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 191 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 189 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 189 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 188 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 188 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 187 days ago · 146 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.2202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 187 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 187 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 186 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 186 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 186 days ago · 129 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.3221 km W of Adak, Alaska · 186 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 185 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 185 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 183 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.2195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 183 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 181 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 174 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 174 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 173 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 173 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 172 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 169 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.0209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 167 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 165 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 165 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 164 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 160 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 159 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 154 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 154 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 68.
Before
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 207 days ago · 173 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 208 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 209 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 211 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 211 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 212 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 214 days ago · 146 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 221 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 221 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 222 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.8258 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 222 days ago · 182 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 223 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 225 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 228 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 229 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 229 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 230 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 230 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
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