M1.6 earthquake 132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 9:16 AM HADT (18:16 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 2021-08-17 18:16:13 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.627° N, 178.516° 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
- 31
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 243 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 92 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 148 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
The first 60 of 180.
Before
- 2.760 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.793 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7150 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
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