M1.7 earthquake 46 km ENE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 10:22 AM HADT (19:22 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-27 19:22:46 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.063° N, 176.032° 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: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.869 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.145 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 127 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.856 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 155 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 132 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.199 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.984 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 238 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.744 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.246 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.750 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 154 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.950 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.232 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.7106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.454 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 197 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
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