M1.9 earthquake 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 10:28 AM HAST (20:28 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-27 20:28:10 UTC
- Depth
- 25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.429° N, 178.331° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.498 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Isl., Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.795 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of 163.
Before
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
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