M1.5 earthquake 155 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 155 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 6:01 AM HADT (15:01 UTC), 2 km (1 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-08 15:01:11 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.796° N, 178.889° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 257°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 149 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1147 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 131 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6146 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 141 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.782 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.692 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1136 km W of Adak, AK · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7215 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 133 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.896 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.788 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.1121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.5185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.4184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.692 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 6.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 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 · 46 km away
- 1.8133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5114 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 137 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.1135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 1.6168 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5185 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 174 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6234 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91365731. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.