M1.7 earthquake 46 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 5:20 AM HADT (14:20 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 122 km WSW 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
- 2021-04-28 14:20:25 UTC
- Depth
- 79.7 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.896° N, 177.312° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.145 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.856 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 155 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.857 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · -2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.777 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.979 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.744 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.246 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.750 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 71 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.482 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 96 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 88 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 154 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.746 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.950 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.168 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.232 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
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