M1.5 earthquake 79 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 79 km S of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 7:08 AM HADT (16:08 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 37 km ENE 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
- 2021-09-23 16:08:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.170° N, 176.451° 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.340 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.165 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.050 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.133 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.563 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.935 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.982 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.657 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.985 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.062 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.073 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4163 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5161 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
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