M1.5 earthquake 38 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 38 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 4:22 PM HAST (02:22 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 22 km SSW 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 02:22:53 UTC
- Depth
- 30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.571° N, 176.366° 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: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.269 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 175 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.476 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.732 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.738 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.668 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.358 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.441 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.978 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 251 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.512 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 78 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.772 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.763 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.243 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.965 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.886 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 194 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 172.
Before
- 1.741 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.465 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.153 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.148 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.397 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.426 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6119 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
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