M1.5 earthquake 45 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 11:50 PM HAST (09:50 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 47 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-02 09:50:21 UTC
- Depth
- 12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.492° N, 176.394° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.343 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.125 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.949 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.665 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.422 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1110 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.063 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 207 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.065 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.639 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 166 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.218 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.616 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.636 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.921 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.350 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.432 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.018 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.439 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.663 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
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