M1.5 earthquake 14 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 2:44 AM HADT (11:44 UTC), 80 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 56 km W 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-18 11:44:29 UTC
- Depth
- 79.6 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.761° N, 176.526° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.053 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 146 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.464 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 81 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.687 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.915 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 151 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 175 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.645 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 149 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 189 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.846 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 138 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 149 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 112 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 148 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 153 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 156 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 2.760 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.793 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.183 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 71 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.142 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.644 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.574 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.671 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.535 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
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