M1.5 earthquake 121 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 121 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 5:48 PM HADT (02:48 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 194 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-24 02:48:22 UTC
- Depth
- 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.185° N, 177.999° 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
- 35
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.9177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 126 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.687 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.064 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1186 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
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