M2.3 earthquake 161 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 161 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 7:58 PM HAST (05:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 70 km SE 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-18 05:58:44 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.820° N, 175.043° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1182 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4181 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7186 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2171 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.391 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8161 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8199 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.195 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.983 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.293 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.394 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.573 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.2164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8172 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1167 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.866 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.671 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9200 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 2.9132 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.792 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.772 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.6107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.6119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
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