M1.7 earthquake 111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 8:07 PM HADT (05:07 UTC), 13 km (8 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-12 05:07:13 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.467° N, 178.109° 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
- 36
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.671 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.644 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.793 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.2196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.760 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 243 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5137 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 66 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.687 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 188.
Before
- 1.6206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.535 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 139 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.682 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.582 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.584 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.545 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.874 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.068 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
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