M2.2 earthquake 228 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 228 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 12:17 PM HADT (21:17 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-09 21:17:05 UTC
- Depth
- 149.3 km (92.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.959° N, 179.955° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 110 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.2181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 162 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.1246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 164 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.9226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 174 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5272 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
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