M1.6 earthquake 44 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 44 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 7:25 PM HADT (04:25 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 77 km SE 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
- 2021-09-20 04:25:14 UTC
- Depth
- 35.9 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.481° N, 176.761° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 135 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.749 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.841 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.340 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.165 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 51 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 140.
Before
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
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