M1.6 earthquake 76 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 76 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 12:26 AM HADT (09:26 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 81 km S of Atka, 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
- 2021-08-31 09:26:51 UTC
- Depth
- 18.9 km (11.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.733° N, 175.544° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 148 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 153 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 170 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 156 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 58 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 163 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 137 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 150 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 236 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 132 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 228 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 135 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 119.
Before
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 149 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 189 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.534 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 149 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 219 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
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