M1.6 earthquake 38 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:16 PM HADT (02:16 UTC), 27 km (17 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-01 02:16:40 UTC
- Depth
- 26.7 km (16.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.628° N, 177.021° 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
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 145 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.897 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.749 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.773 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.582 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 75 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.694 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.982 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 74 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.677 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.068 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.874 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.545 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.072 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.584 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.682 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.744 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.535 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.671 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.644 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.142 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.054 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.568 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 211 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.563 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 86 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 179 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.767 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.781 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 147 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.897 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.044 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 70 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
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