M1.5 earthquake 136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:03 PM HAST (01:03 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
- 2021-11-21 01:03:20 UTC
- Depth
- -1.8 km (-1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.612° N, 178.564° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.898 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.398 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0109 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.880 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9115 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.994 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.787 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.984 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.1130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.666 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.868 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.887 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7143 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.978 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 135.
Before
- 2.156 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.888 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7143 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.571 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
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