M1.8 earthquake 133 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 133 km W of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 9:28 AM HADT (18:28 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 2021-09-27 18:28:45 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.692° N, 178.551° 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
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 137 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 95 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.0199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.2181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 146 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.072 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 83 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.760 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.1225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 132 km deep · 36 km away
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