M1.5 earthquake 92 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 92 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 5:27 AM HAST (15:27 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 34 km SW of Adak, 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-11 15:27:26 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.297° N, 177.584° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.634 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3147 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 190.
Before
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.538 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.956 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
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