M1.5 earthquake 52 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 6:16 PM HADT (03:16 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-18 03:16:23 UTC
- Depth
- 36.3 km (22.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.475° N, 177.046° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.575 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.756 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.663 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.681 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.790 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.741 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.094 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.232 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.950 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.746 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.145 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 127 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.857 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1970 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.777 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 91.
Before
- 1.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.874 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.525 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.734 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 129 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 36 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.350 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 183 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.241 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
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