M1.7 earthquake 111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 6:48 PM HADT (03:48 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 120 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-18 03:48:33 UTC
- Depth
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.480° N, 178.119° 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 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.663 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7178 km WSW of Adak, AK · 1984 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.790 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.094 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 165 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.857 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · -2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · -2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.777 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · -2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 85.
Before
- 1.552 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.5137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.965 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 82 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.565 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
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