M1.6 earthquake 294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 8:28 PM GMT+12 (08:28 UTC), 37 km (23 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-26 08:28:51 UTC
- Depth
- 36.9 km (22.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.267° N, 179.236° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 131 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 174 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 149 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 1.7266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 169 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 145 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.8272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.9256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.6262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
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