M1.9 earthquake 106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 6, 2017, 5:15 PM HAST (03:15 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 181 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
- 2017-12-07 03:15:08 UTC
- Depth
- 22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.637° N, 178.130° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 135 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.931 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.0115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.831 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.3139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.371 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.4167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.426 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.2174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.465 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3128 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.995 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.846 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7151 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 196 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.0162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.0126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
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