M1.8 earthquake 133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 2:53 AM HADT (11:53 UTC), 25 km (15 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-22 11:53:13 UTC
- Depth
- 24.8 km (15.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.282° N, 178.306° 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of 158.
Before
- 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 52 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5137 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 243 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1128 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.2216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
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