M1.9 earthquake 75 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 75 km E of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 10:27 PM HAST (08:27 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 50 km W 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-30 08:27:45 UTC
- Depth
- 60.0 km (37.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.771° N, 175.552° 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
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.066 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.636 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 215 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.746 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.676 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.040 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.469 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.050 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.129 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.463 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 55 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.733 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 220 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 129 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.047 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 172 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 182 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.051 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.335 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.777 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.547 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.074 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 217 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.866 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.666 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.722 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 214 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.874 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.647 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 140 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.849 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.268 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
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