M1.6 earthquake 79 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 79 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 9:03 AM HADT (18:03 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 161 km S 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
- 2021-07-21 18:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 18.3 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.193° N, 176.308° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.697 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.815 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.948 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 178 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.553 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.238 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 146 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.074 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.267 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.986 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.177 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.190 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.585 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.370 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.291 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.856 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.869 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.776 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.172 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.647 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.087 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.889 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.892 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.988 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.587 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.570 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.715 km E of Adak, AK · 1887 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.035 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.044 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 147 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.781 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 179 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.563 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.896 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.568 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.054 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.638 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.897 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.749 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.582 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.531 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.183 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.586 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.927 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.766 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.694 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.246 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.847 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 155 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.012 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.380 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.782 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.596 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.780 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 146 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.944 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 125 km deep · 87 km away
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