M1.7 earthquake 66 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 66 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 8:45 AM HAST (18:45 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 44 km SE 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-17 18:45:53 UTC
- Depth
- 14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.291° N, 176.399° 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
- 13
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
- 1.694 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.075 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.171 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.991 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.872 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.039 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.098 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.876 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.161 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.729 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 142 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.754 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.546 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.986 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.655 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.537 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.522 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 153 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.972 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.556 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.845 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.00 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.893 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.074 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.551 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.792 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.567 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.633 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 1.856 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.945 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.7100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.656 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.581 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.753 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2050 days ago · -2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.848 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.726 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.575 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.175 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.599 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.598 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
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