M1.7 earthquake 64 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 64 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 3:46 AM HAST (13:46 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 55 km SSE 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-16 13:46:35 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.356° N, 176.216° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 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 · 95 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.056 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 158 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.391 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 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 · 44 km away
- 2.156 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 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 · 77 km away
- 2.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 142 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 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 · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3147 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 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 · 39 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.636 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.86 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.65 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 174.
Before
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.339 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.792 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.274 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 185 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.538 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.772 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
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