M1.7 earthquake 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 12, 2016, 5:02 AM HAST (15:02 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 107 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-12 15:02:33 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.579° N, 178.238° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 194 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.065 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.091 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.323 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.636 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 61 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.4140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.8114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 60 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 63 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7173 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.652 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 182 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 78 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.884 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.887 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.986 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.784 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.0133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.396 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.8144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
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