M2.3 earthquake 172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 10:30 PM HADT (07:30 UTC), 21 km (13 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-01 07:30:11 UTC
- Depth
- 21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.386° N, 179.001° 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: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.9246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.0199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.2157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.3231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 146 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 141.
Before
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 137 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 63 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
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