Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 58 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 1:04 PM HADT (22:04 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 48 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-29 22:04:10 UTC
Depth
33.3 km (20.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.527° N, 176.003° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
32

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 149 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.979 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 137 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 148 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 153 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 156 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.992 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.933 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 163 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 137 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 150 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.7111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 236 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 132 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.7105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 3.0135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.970 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 228 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.945 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 189 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 149 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b2xn1yo. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC.