M1.6 earthquake 33 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 12:10 AM HAST (10:10 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 71 km SSW 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-21 10:10:44 UTC
- Depth
- 36.2 km (22.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.582° N, 176.757° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.047 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 172 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 182 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.584 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.051 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.783 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.043 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.156 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.971 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.885 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.971 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.293 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.874 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.675 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.048 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.878 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.865 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.697 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.650 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.924 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.530 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 59 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.786 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.730 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 162.
Before
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.980 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.973 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.558 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.766 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.930 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.733 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.936 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
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