M1.9 earthquake 117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 5:02 PM HAST (03:02 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 185 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-21 03:02:08 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.437° N, 178.187° 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
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1111 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.899 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.039 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.876 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.587 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.4185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 4.7211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.655 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.4213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6117 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.584 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.893 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.074 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.567 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.633 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.758 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 130.
Before
- 2.4109 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 188 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.171 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.5213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 5.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.8212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
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