M1.7 earthquake 41 km ENE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 41 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 10:06 AM HADT (19:06 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 49 km NE 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 19:06:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.054° N, 176.100° 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
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.574 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.644 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.142 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.183 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.053 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 146 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.863 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 170 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.464 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.915 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 151 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 175 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.645 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 219 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 149 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 189 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 122 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.846 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 138 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 149 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3116 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 255 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 137 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 125.
Before
- 3.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.535 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.549 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.685 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.744 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.867 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.072 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.545 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.977 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 138 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
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