M1.8 earthquake 57 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 57 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 4, 2021, 11:20 PM HADT (08:20 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-05 08:20:23 UTC
- Depth
- -1.8 km (-1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.831° N, 177.462° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.777 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.057 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · -2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.956 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.963 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 103 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.652 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.831 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.979 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.246 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.750 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 71 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.482 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 96 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 88 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 154 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 110 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.524 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 72 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.643 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.746 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 80 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.849 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 165 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
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