Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 73 km E of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km E of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 4:15 PM HAST (02:15 UTC), 31 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 25 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-12-27 02:15:21 UTC
Depth
31.4 km (19.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.817° N, 175.575° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.160 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.6106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.243 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 3.8112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.520 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.9117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.959 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.646 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.266 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.078 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.573 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 3.087 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 247 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.874 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.831 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.554 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.854 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.154 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.893 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 187 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.520 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.018 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 2.4120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 4.520 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.234 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.448 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.6121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.420 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 51 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.052 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 1.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.372 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 85 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 2.544 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.634 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.296 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 2.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 4.169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.690 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.218 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.20 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 3.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.326 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.953 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.7118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.2115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.356 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.851 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 174 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.122 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.156 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.671 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 142 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.243 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 146 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.531 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away

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