M1.6 earthquake 131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 5:09 PM HAST (03:09 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 84 km W 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-08 03:09:01 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.623° N, 178.500° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 151 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.578 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.379 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.480 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8152 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6165 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0149 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.3126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.086 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.065 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019fpnmxf8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.