M1.8 earthquake 75 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 75 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 2:24 PM HAST (00:24 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km ESE 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
- 2017-12-15 00:24:26 UTC
- Depth
- 17.3 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.502° N, 177.555° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 134 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.371 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.426 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.1145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.148 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.465 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3128 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 130 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.995 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2113 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.1116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 166 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.476 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.4138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.831 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.3174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.042 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
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