M2.1 earthquake 72 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 72 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 3:37 AM HADT (12:37 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 50 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-14 12:37:04 UTC
- Depth
- 50.9 km (31.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.882° N, 173.280° 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.
- Stations used
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8104 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.086 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 213 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.347 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 148 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.520 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 169 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.720 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 220 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 58 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.571 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3165 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.727 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 153 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.837 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.484 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 172 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.246 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 187 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.257 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.272 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.243 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.128 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.133 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 154 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5102 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.340 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 195 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.945 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 174 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.045 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.929 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.979 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.789 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.458 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.840 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 168 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.077 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.032 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 238 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.470 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.150 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.4100 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 220 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 229 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.4107 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.723 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 191 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.431 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.6109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.767 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 248 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 178 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.242 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.950 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.653 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3155 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.550 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 191 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.268 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 143 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7118 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.489 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.075 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.671 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
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