M1.7 earthquake 102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 9:45 PM HADT (06:45 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 128 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
- 2021-08-16 06:45:02 UTC
- Depth
- 46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.047° N, 177.279° 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
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.793 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.760 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5137 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1186 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.687 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0183 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 2.6101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.142 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.644 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.671 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.535 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
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