Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 201 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 18, 2021, 9:41 PM HADT (06:41 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Sep 18, 2021, 9:41 PM HADT
UTC: 2021-09-19 06:41:58 UTC
Depth: 15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.065° N, 179.232° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 112.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000fv1t (also filed as ak021c1emfz0). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.