Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 162 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 162 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Apr 8, 2021, 12:28 AM HADT (09:28 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 98 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-08 09:28:58 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.728° N, 175.182° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7121 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.6115 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.695 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.874 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.0124 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.575 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.681 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.9121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.5176 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.7106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.8119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.199 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.7174 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 2.2170 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.6163 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 3.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.8143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.7204 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.972 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.681 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.392 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.9123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.6127 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 3.7131 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.6102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.3182 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.3101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.3175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 3.192 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.5104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.6100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away

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