M2.0 earthquake 296 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 296 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 8:45 PM GMT+12 (08:45 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 280 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-27 08:45:17 UTC
- Depth
- 60.6 km (37.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.545° N, 179.109° E
- 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: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.1225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.1246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 164 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7299 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 80 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1783 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.6256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 57 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.2280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.0277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.1279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 153.
Before
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3254 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 162 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
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