M2.0 earthquake 277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 4:19 PM GMT+12 (04:19 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-02 04:19:01 UTC
- Depth
- 19.7 km (12.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.043° N, 179.595° E
- 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.8285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.9277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.9298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.4237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.2281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.1238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Isl., Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3207 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.7208 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 5.2280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.7200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
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