M2.1 earthquake 186 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 186 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 5:40 AM HADT (14:40 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 177 km SSW 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-21 14:40:39 UTC
- Depth
- 26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.333° N, 177.695° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0183 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8147 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8239 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.4204 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9177 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3179 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.7187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 3.4200 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7209 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9241 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5137 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7102 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2198 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0137 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1226 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5168 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.897 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9211 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9176 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
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