M1.8 earthquake 46 km NNW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 46 km NNW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 5:06 PM HADT (02:06 UTC), 138 km (86 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km SE 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
- 2021-08-30 02:06:54 UTC
- Depth
- 138.3 km (85.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.225° N, 177.005° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 149 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 148 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 153 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 156 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 163 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 150 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 236 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 228 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 135 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 137 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.749 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.841 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.340 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.884 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 182 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 1.759 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 189 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.683 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.559 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.645 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 175 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.550 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 126 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
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