M1.6 earthquake 117 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 117 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 3:59 PM HAST (01:59 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 154 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-09 01:59:20 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.833° N, 178.331° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.584 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.893 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.633 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.758 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.081 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.999 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.787 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.839 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.880 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.872 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.154 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.937 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.694 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 183 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2203 km WSW of Adak, AK · 2006 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.584 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 117.
Before
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.8113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.4185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 2.2191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.587 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9170 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.039 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.899 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
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