M1.8 earthquake 72 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 72 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 3:44 AM HADT (12:44 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km WSW 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-21 12:44:08 UTC
- Depth
- 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.556° N, 177.548° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 132 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 137 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.340 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.2157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 141.
Before
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1839 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
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