M1.6 earthquake 8 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 2:48 PM HAST (00:48 UTC), 71 km (44 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
- 2019-12-13 00:48:46 UTC
- Depth
- 71.4 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.834° N, 176.529° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 175 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.891 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.554 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.185 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.853 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 250 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.530 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.880 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.273 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 135 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 155 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.768 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.973 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 249 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.075 km ESE of Adak, AK · 2474 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.997 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.260 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.754 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.250 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.344 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.071 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.169 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.379 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.480 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.025 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.886 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.635 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 71 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.624 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.290 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 74 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.475 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 177 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.876 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.251 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.466 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.730 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.287 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Adak, AK · 2485 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.727 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.578 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 240 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.843 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.996 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.892 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.423 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.862 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.087 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.243 km NW of Adak, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 164 km deep · 51 km away
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