M1.6 earthquake 49 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 49 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 11:09 PM HADT (08:09 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 49 km NE 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-08 08:09:26 UTC
- Depth
- 44.4 km (27.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.532° N, 177.101° 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
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 135 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.749 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.841 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 135.
Before
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7111 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 163 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 156 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 153 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 148 km deep · 97 km away
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