M1.8 earthquake 125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 12:28 AM HAST (10:28 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 134 km SW 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-06 10:28:58 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.439° N, 178.304° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.659 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.045 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.061 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.859 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.882 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.560 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.950 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.894 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.990 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8160 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.290 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.670 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.897 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.797 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.886 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.155 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.7125 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 151 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.577 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.935 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.640 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0119 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 221 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 88 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.9129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.660 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.960 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.743 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.796 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.999 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
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