M1.9 earthquake 281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 10, 2016, 4:20 AM GMT+12 (16:20 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 222 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-09 16:20:25 UTC
- Depth
- 46.1 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.382° N, 179.375° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.2213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.3250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.9253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7240 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 165 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 194 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0284 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.9249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 187 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.1222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.3218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.8269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2282 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 61 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 74 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away · tsunami flag
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