M1.8 earthquake 102 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 102 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 3:17 AM HAST (13:17 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 20 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-23 13:17:45 UTC
- Depth
- 25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.224° N, 177.680° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3147 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.049 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.498 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.024 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.621 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.230 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.795 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.195 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 154.
Before
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.953 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.1178 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.943 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.029 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
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