M1.7 earthquake 68 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 68 km S of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 10:28 PM HAST (08:28 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 127 km SW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-17 08:28:58 UTC
- Depth
- 23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.270° N, 176.818° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 195 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.744 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.075 km ESE of Adak, AK · 2474 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.997 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.260 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.754 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.250 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.344 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.071 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.169 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.379 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.480 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.025 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.635 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.624 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.9132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.290 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.251 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.466 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.730 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.971 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.885 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.549 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.880 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.530 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.554 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.891 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.287 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Adak, AK · 2485 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.727 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
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