M1.9 earthquake 69 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 69 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 9:36 PM HAST (07:36 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 61 km WSW 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-07 07:36:37 UTC
- Depth
- 44.3 km (27.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.657° N, 175.695° 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: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.622 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.469 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.050 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.129 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.463 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.733 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 220 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 129 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1140 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.047 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 172 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 182 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.051 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.043 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.156 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.971 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.076 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.532 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 208 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.293 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.767 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.048 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.878 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.676 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.746 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.636 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 215 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.066 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
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