M1.9 earthquake 222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 12:30 AM HADT (09:30 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 185 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-23 09:30:26 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.479° N, 179.794° 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: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.3231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 126.
Before
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 78 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
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