M1.6 earthquake 165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 12:37 AM HADT (09:37 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 88 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-23 09:37:38 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.176° N, 178.735° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 132 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.9177 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.3179 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
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