M1.9 earthquake 185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 4:51 PM HAST (02:51 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 209 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 02:51:26 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.421° N, 179.209° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.2250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.0134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0195 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 211 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.2152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 89 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1162 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.885 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8154 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.5173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.9139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.8212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2227 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.6209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.6199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 3.1245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.2241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.9253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.9242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.7251 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 6.1230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 4.1204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
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