M1.8 earthquake 45 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km S of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 2:27 AM HAST (12:27 UTC), 46 km (28 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-05 12:27:16 UTC
- Depth
- 45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.469° N, 176.522° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.469 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.558 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.973 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 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 · 83 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.051 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.783 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.043 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.156 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.971 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.885 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 163.
Before
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.676 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.777 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.547 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
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