M1.6 earthquake 243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 12:22 PM GMT+12 (00:22 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 187 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
- 2021-08-12 00:22:00 UTC
- Depth
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.326° N, 179.962° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5213 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.2196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 243 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.6262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.8272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 145 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 169 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 186 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 168 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 139 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 169 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
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