M1.8 earthquake 263 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 263 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 10:57 PM GMT+12 (10:57 UTC), 169 km (105 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2021-08-24 10:57:24 UTC
- Depth
- 169.4 km (105.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.112° N, 179.549° E
- 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0254 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 188 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 138 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 148 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 174 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 131 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 145 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 243 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.2216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 138 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5267 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
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