M1.7 earthquake 61 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 5:38 AM HAST (15:38 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-22 15:38:54 UTC
- Depth
- 64.7 km (40.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.666° N, 177.465° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.868 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.985 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.959 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.831 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.554 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.154 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 3.8124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.2127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.156 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.797 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.899 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
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