Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 82 km ESE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 82 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 9:07 PM HADT (06:07 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 47 km NE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-28 06:07:51 UTC
Depth
48.2 km (30.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.600° N, 175.526° 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
23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.747 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 188 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.657 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.985 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.062 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.073 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.881 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 55 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.949 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.634 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 223 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.980 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.7108 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.790 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.343 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 180 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.087 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.483 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.675 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.060 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.5103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 3.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.665 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 3.128 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.946 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.061 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.451 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 172 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.623 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 3.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.575 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.768 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 2.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 1.757 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.276 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 214 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.034 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.976 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 57 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 1.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 1.817 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 170 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.967 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 146 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.564 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.750 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 1.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 1.740 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.974 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 252 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.935 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 125 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 3.563 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.133 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.081 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.469 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 3.050 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 54 km deep · 13 km away

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