M1.7 earthquake 121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 5, 2016, 9:33 PM HAST (07:33 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 107 km WSW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-06 07:33:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.7 km (20.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.468° N, 178.270° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 58 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.396 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 194 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.065 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.636 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 61 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.949 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 89 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.150 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.343 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
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