M1.8 earthquake 79 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 3, 2017, 4:39 PM HAST (02:39 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 112 km SW 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
- 2017-12-04 02:39:40 UTC
- Depth
- 49.5 km (30.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.451° N, 177.569° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 153 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.777 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.366 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.931 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.076 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.831 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.371 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.426 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.148 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3146 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.079 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.236 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
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