M1.5 earthquake 48 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 10:09 AM HADT (19:09 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 62 km SSE 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-17 19:09:26 UTC
- Depth
- 23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.506° N, 176.249° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.575 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.756 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.663 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.681 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.741 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.454 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 197 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.7106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.232 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.950 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.746 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.869 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.145 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.856 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 155 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.857 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · -2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · -2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · -2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 132 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 85.
Before
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.874 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.525 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.734 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.350 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 183 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.241 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.075 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 233 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.695 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.328 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.965 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
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