M1.8 earthquake 87 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 87 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 9:24 PM HAST (07:24 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-07 07:24:03 UTC
- Depth
- 36.1 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.499° N, 177.742° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.538 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 56 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 90 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 58 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 173.
Before
- 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.856 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.868 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.352 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.666 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.840 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.984 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 53 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.787 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.994 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.3184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
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