M2.1 earthquake 136 km W of Adak, AK
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 136 km W of Adak, AK on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 7:55 PM HADT (04:55 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 187 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-16 04:55:33 UTC
- Depth
- 17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.705° N, 178.586° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.068 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 132 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 137 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 134.
Before
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 149 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
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