Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 38 km SW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 38 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:27 PM HAST (05:27 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 74 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-11 05:27:46 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.622° N, 177.009° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
20

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.339 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.865 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 3.056 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 158 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.116 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 2.156 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.022 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 142 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 3.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 3.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021funjsao. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC.