M1.5 earthquake 49 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 11:49 AM HAST (21:49 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 124 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-01 21:49:07 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.675° N, 177.280° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.369 km SW of Adak, AK · 2134 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0108 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.448 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.730 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 214 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.782 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.149 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.948 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.076 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.680 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.566 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.882 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.593 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.268 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.849 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.0124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 3.2136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 140 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.640 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7112 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 153.
Before
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.345 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.559 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.314 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.632 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.941 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.832 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 137 km deep · 82 km away
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