M1.9 earthquake 81 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 81 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 7, 2021, 10:05 PM HADT (07:05 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-08 07:05:09 UTC
- Depth
- 30.2 km (18.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.527° N, 177.678° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 346°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.270 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.745 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.746 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.855 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.2157 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9139 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 146 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.072 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9172 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.760 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 63 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.2118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.949 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.8119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.775 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.228 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.087 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.076 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.6108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.684 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.128 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.698 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.946 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 145.
Before
- 2.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6106 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8133 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.9116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.926 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91042358. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC.