M2.1 earthquake 90 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 90 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 1:10 PM HAST (23:10 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-31 23:10:23 UTC
- Depth
- 39.2 km (24.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.478° N, 177.778° 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
- 27
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.812 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.86 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.63 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.498 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.61 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.824 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.024 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.621 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.230 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6105 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 90 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.951 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
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