M1.5 earthquake 43 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 11:02 AM HADT (20:02 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 122 km SW 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
- 2021-08-27 20:02:23 UTC
- Depth
- 64.2 km (39.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.600° N, 177.093° 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: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 189 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.846 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 138 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 149 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 137 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 148 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 153 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 156 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 163 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 148.
Before
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.645 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 175 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
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