Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 45 km ENE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 45 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 1:39 AM HADT (10:39 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 76 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-07 10:39:10 UTC
Depth
126.9 km (78.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.002° N, 176.009° 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

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Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.684 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.537 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.953 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.463 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 210 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.948 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.587 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.852 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.678 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 251 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.739 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.851 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.270 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 197 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.551 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.672 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 190 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.996 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 4.051 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.556 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.155 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 3.330 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 3.384 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 144 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.736 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.861 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 88 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 1.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.617 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.516 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.841 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 133 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 1.860 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.548 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 162 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.642 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.438 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 3.169 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 1.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 3.076 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 179 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 90 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.735 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.896 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.815 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.074 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 91 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.637 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.662 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.541 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.568 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.794 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.551 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.843 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.618 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.685 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.651 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.914 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 188 km deep · 56 km away

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