M1.6 earthquake 63 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:25 AM HADT (09:25 UTC), 20 km (12 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-28 09:25:30 UTC
- Depth
- 19.5 km (12.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.373° N, 177.066° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.340 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.2157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.050 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.133 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.072 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.563 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.935 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 125 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.760 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 145.
Before
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.032 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.579 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
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