M1.6 earthquake 89 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 89 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 8:45 AM HAST (18:45 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-12 18:45:17 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.864° N, 177.935° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.697 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.675 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.796 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.689 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.8156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.597 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.580 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.060 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.991 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.399 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.499 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.998 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.053 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.396 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.4175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.746 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.04 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.868 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1104 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.794 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.1154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.896 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.095 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.083 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.596 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.0124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.270 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.095 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.696 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.289 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.0169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.790 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.789 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1391 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.596 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.196 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.9182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 181 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.481 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.069 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.994 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.2131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.968 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.190 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
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