M1.8 earthquake 117 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 117 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 2:31 PM HAST (00:31 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 185 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 00:31:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.150° N, 177.858° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6177 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.558 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.973 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1162 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.783 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.043 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.156 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.885 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.971 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.874 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.865 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 3.6120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.688 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.088 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
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