M1.6 earthquake 56 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 3:55 AM HAST (13:55 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 73 km ESE 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-20 13:55:23 UTC
- Depth
- 24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.488° N, 176.104° 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: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.056 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 158 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.391 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.156 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 142 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.461 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.8125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.636 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.86 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.65 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.278 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 183 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.049 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.61 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.824 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.752 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.024 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.339 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.792 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
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