M2.1 earthquake 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 9:04 PM HAST (07:04 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 230 km WSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-08 07:04:38 UTC
- Depth
- 18.7 km (11.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.231° N, 179.647° 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: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.4214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.8289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 83 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.3288 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 6.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 3.7251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.1245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 3.8260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6161 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9276 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
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