M1.7 earthquake 53 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 6:26 PM HAST (04:26 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 44 km SE 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-12 04:26:20 UTC
- Depth
- -1.8 km (-1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.841° N, 177.402° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.581 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.656 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.9139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.945 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.681 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.766 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 81 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.171 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 3.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4109 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 188 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.964 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1111 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.899 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.039 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 98 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.893 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.876 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.587 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.729 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 142 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.754 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.546 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.655 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.537 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.522 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 153 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0119 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6117 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.584 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 1.848 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.726 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.575 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.543 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.030 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.9112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.730 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.786 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.0103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91188871. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.