M1.6 earthquake 79 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 79 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 10:34 AM HAST (20:34 UTC), 56 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 132 km WSW 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 20:34:38 UTC
- Depth
- 55.5 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.593° N, 177.692° 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: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 58 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.86 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.65 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.049 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.498 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.824 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 182.
Before
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 73 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.676 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
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