M1.5 earthquake 97 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 97 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 2:05 PM HADT (23:05 UTC), 73 km (45 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-28 23:05:00 UTC
- Depth
- 72.8 km (45.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.587° N, 177.972° 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: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.846 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 156 km deep · 98 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 · 28 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 58 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 132 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 78 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
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