M1.7 earthquake 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 30, 2021, 6:11 PM HADT (03:11 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 83 km W 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
- 2021-05-31 03:11:51 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.465° N, 178.251° 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: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.750 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.482 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.9107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.648 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.658 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.867 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4104 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 247 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.638 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.7135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.670 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.667 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 4.246 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.979 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
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