M1.8 earthquake 137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 3:59 PM HADT (00:59 UTC), 9 km (6 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
- 2021-08-26 00:59:14 UTC
- Depth
- 9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.497° N, 178.530° 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
- 31
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 148 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.4133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
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