M1.9 earthquake 50 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 50 km S of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 9:15 PM HADT (06:15 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-24 06:15:22 UTC
- Depth
- 24.7 km (15.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.429° N, 176.528° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.746 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.869 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.145 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.856 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 155 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.857 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.777 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.199 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.979 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.984 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 238 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.744 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.246 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.750 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.482 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 154 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 3.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.232 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.7106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.094 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.454 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 197 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.741 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.790 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
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