M1.7 earthquake 255 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 255 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 7:06 AM GMT+12 (19:06 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 185 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-02 19:06:41 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.518° N, 179.709° E
- 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 169 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 168 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 186 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 142 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 138 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.2216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 243 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.8272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 149.
Before
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.9220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 77 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 195 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 158 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 130 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 70 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 135 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 154 km deep · 67 km away
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