M1.6 earthquake 40 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 10:37 AM HAST (20:37 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 125 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-19 20:37:06 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.919° N, 177.220° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 308°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0119 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 221 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.084 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.024 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.598 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.984 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.749 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.842 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.278 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.887 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.072 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.659 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.760 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.869 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.113 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.060 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.569 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.690 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.039 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.467 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 149 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.052 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.933 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.916 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.079 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.764 km W of Adak, Alaska · 996 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.651 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 991 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.111 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 989 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.433 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.965 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 982 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.995 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.673 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 137.
Before
- 1.837 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.935 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.577 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.166 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7125 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 151 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.155 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.886 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.797 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.010 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.897 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.670 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av92159121. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:23 AM UTC.