Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 83 km E of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 83 km E of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 11:11 PM HADT (08:11 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 64 km SE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 11:11 PM HADT
UTC: 2021-08-16 08:11:06 UTC
Depth: 73.4 km (45.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.793° N, 175.425° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 18.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 40

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 127.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f78p (also filed as ak021ah7cytv). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.