M1.6 earthquake 65 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 10:19 PM HAST (08:19 UTC), 23 km (15 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-28 08:19:12 UTC
- Depth
- 23.4 km (14.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.596° N, 177.469° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.959 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.069 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.831 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.554 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.154 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 3.8124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.2127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.394 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.3124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.985 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.868 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
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