M1.7 earthquake 56 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 4:49 AM HAST (14:49 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2018-12-04 14:49:40 UTC
- Depth
- 60.5 km (37.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.680° N, 177.383° 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
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.316 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.018 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.720 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.779 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.330 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.834 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.998 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 144 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.77 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.899 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.797 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.243 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 146 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.156 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.255 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.346 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.6125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.639 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8152 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
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