Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 6:10 AM HADT (15:10 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-03 15:10:07 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.491° N, 179.940° 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
36

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.8231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.7299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.6245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.6245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 174 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.9177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.2228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 149 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.7272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 78 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 4.0257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  49. 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.5253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.7215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.9192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 148 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.9230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.9141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.5254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.5171 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 3.1248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.9217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021bb370uw. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.