M4.5 earthquake 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 2:51 AM HAST (12:51 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-10 12:51:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.873° N, 179.379° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 108
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.4214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.1241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.8289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8275 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.0124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.2136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9251 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 6.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 3.7251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.4267 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 3.5187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.8260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6161 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
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