M2.1 earthquake 45 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 45 km E of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:15 PM HADT (01:15 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km SW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-29 01:15:46 UTC
- Depth
- 126.6 km (78.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.932° N, 175.981° 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.856 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 155 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 132 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.199 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.984 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 238 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.744 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 69 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.246 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.750 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 62 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 154 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.869 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.746 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.950 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.547 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.635 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.232 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.7106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
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