M1.9 earthquake 56 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 56 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 2:09 AM HAST (12:09 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 89 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-08 12:09:07 UTC
- Depth
- 16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.453° N, 176.179° 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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.772 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.538 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.274 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 185 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.792 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.339 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 127 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.056 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 158 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.391 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.156 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 142 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.8125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 2.063 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.856 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.868 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.352 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.666 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.840 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 153 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 81 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.994 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
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