M1.6 earthquake 66 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 66 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 9:02 PM HAST (07:02 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 71 km SSW 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-04 07:02:41 UTC
- Depth
- 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.354° N, 176.161° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.676 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.469 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.558 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.973 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1140 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.047 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 172 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 182 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.051 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.043 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.156 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.971 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 149.
Before
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.777 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.547 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.969 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.074 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 217 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
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