M1.6 earthquake 80 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 80 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 7:40 PM HAST (05:40 UTC), 2 km (1 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-14 05:40:43 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.862° N, 177.803° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 260°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.566 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.882 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.593 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.849 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.0124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.2136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.640 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7112 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 94 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.090 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.688 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.088 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.688 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.6120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 1.993 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6136 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.076 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.755 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.948 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.730 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 214 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.448 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.864 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91014933. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC.