M1.8 earthquake 96 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 96 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 7:40 PM HADT (04:40 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 128 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-18 04:40:46 UTC
- Depth
- 61.6 km (38.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.440° N, 177.846° 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
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.927 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.586 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.383 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.553 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.267 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.370 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.869 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.776 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.172 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.087 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.966 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.570 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.035 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.044 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.897 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 62 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.781 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.767 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.568 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.638 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.897 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.749 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.773 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5168 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.897 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5151 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.012 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.678 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.780 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.595 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5142 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
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