M1.9 earthquake 169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 8, 2021, 11:24 AM HADT (20:24 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 122 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
- 2021-05-08 20:24:34 UTC
- Depth
- 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.344° N, 178.921° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 298°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.975 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.979 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.581 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.482 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.8256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.6157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.898 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.888 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.9107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.7135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 1.776 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.777 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 165 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
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