M3.9 earthquake 224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 2:20 PM HADT (23:20 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 288 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-29 23:20:36 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.346° N, 179.764° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 14.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2203 km WSW of Adak, AK · 1999 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.3229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.0204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3224 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7178 km WSW of Adak, AK · 1984 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8268 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7176 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.7248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 165 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.8154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 178 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.4288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 3.3290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.4294 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.0286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 3.1207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.5237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 158 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9148 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
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