M1.5 earthquake 57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 12:46 AM HADT (09:46 UTC), 44 km (27 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-20 09:46:45 UTC
- Depth
- 43.9 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.660° N, 175.876° 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 228 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 135 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.749 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.841 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.340 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.884 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 182 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.165 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.050 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.133 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.563 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.935 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 125 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 236 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 150 km deep · 47 km away
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