M2.1 earthquake 38 km ENE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 38 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 12:56 PM HAST (22:56 UTC), 140 km (87 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 47 km WSW of Atka, 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
- 2020-12-16 22:56:12 UTC
- Depth
- 139.5 km (86.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.987° N, 176.099° 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: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.647 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.666 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 217 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.074 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.547 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.777 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.746 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.676 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.469 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.050 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.463 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.776 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 232 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 129 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.558 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 112.
Before
- 3.849 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.268 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.153 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 153 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.948 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.149 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 87 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.782 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.361 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 165 km deep · 23 km away
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