M1.5 earthquake 126 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 126 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 4:24 PM HAST (02:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 134 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-24 02:24:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.908° N, 178.473° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 12.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.498 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Isl., Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 106 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.936 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.1175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8167 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91450471. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:23 AM UTC.