M1.6 earthquake 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 6:53 PM HADT (03:53 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2021-09-26 03:53:40 UTC
- Depth
- 50.1 km (31.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.432° N, 179.749° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.1216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 95 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.0199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.3231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 162 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0296 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 66 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
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